New Nanoparticle Therapies Target Two Major Killers

Particles loaded with RNA reverse symptoms of respiratory failure and atherosclerosis in mice

Trump Order Ends Union Rights for Federal Workers

The executive order signed Thursday night covers all or some unionized employees at around 20 agencies, including the departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, State, Justice, Energy, Interior, Treasury, Defense.

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs.

Pro-Israel Group Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Officials

Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests

The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

The untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies.

Farmers in Trump Country Losing Clean Energy Grants

Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses now in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites that favor fossil fuels over renewables.

Children of the Black Panthers

The Black Panthers shook America awake before the party was eviscerated by the US government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride and burning lessons for today.

Social Security Head Reveals Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”

Friday Nite Videos | March 28, 2025

I've Never Been to a Bernie Sanders Rally Like This. Visit Mississippi | Playing for Change. The National Security Clown Car's Excuses vs. Jeffrey Goldberg's Receipts. Could Canada Join the EU? Musk's Family Ties to Apartheid and Neo-Nazi Movements.

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Civil society can’t be saved in the courts alone. It’s up to us as a people to stand up and push back.
Read more

Culture

poetry

Dear America

Marsha de la O Salt Number 7
As she travels across America, poet Marsha de la O asks her country, "Who is lost, and who isn't?"

books

The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch

Andrew Koppelman Los Angeles Review of Books
"The principal virtue of the book," writes reviewer Koppelman, "is the light it unintentionally sheds on some of the Supreme Court’s least defensible decisions."

film

Black Bag: Not Much To See Here

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his next, similarly unsatisfying project.

food

Cheesy Terroir-Ism: The ABCs of AOCs

Matthew Wills Jstor.org
Whether it supports the production of wine or cheese, terroir is a “particularly French conception of cultural territory” says historian Tamara L. Whited.

tv

Severance Is an Indictment of Workplace Hell

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Apple’s dystopian workplace thriller Severance entered its second season as a genuine cultural phenomenon. With its brutal satire of the American corporate structure, it’s easy to see why.

poetry

Nothing Important

Peter Neil Carroll The Truth Lies on Earth: a Year by Dark, by Bright
Poet Peter Carroll reminds us why we celebrate the arrival of spring.

Labor

labor

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs

Andrew Elrod Labor Notes
For the 12 million workers in U.S. manufacturing, the question is whether it is possible, under this administration and in this moment of twenty-first-century capitalism, to create a pro-worker, pro-union trade policy.

labor

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Commemoration: March 25, 1911…

UNITE HERE!
In 2023, a permanent memorial at the site of the fire was unveiled in memory of the workers. The memorial tells the stories of the victims and is a landmark site to visit, mourn, and learn at the very site where factory workers labored and perished.

labor

Unions Rise As America’s Defiant Shield Against Trump’s Authoritarianism

Euan Gibb & Ethan T. Young Public Service International
As it becomes increasingly clear what a second Trump presidency means, America's labor movement has positioned itself as democracy's strongest, most important and best-organized line of defense against a sweeping authoritarian agenda.

Friday nite video

video

I've Never Been to a Bernie Sanders Rally Like This

The Fight Oligarchy Tour is drawing larger crowds than Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign ever did, but it’s also drawing a different sort of crowd, writes Mother Jones Senior Reporter Tim Murphy.

video

Visit Mississippi | Playing for Change

Experience the magic of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," featuring renowned artists Keb’Mo’, Kingfish, Vasti Jackson, Charlie Worsham, Sierra Hull, Cedric Burnside and a diverse array of blues and world music talents

video

Could Canada Join the EU?

As tensions rise between Canada and the US, new PM Mark Carney has made overtures to Europe in a bid to strengthen ties. It's unlikely to happen soon, but it certainly isn't impossible.

video

Musk's Family Ties to Apartheid and Neo-Nazi Movements

Elon Musk was born in 1971 in South Africa, and raised under apartheid. His family had ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics. We speak with Guardian reporter Chris McGreal about how Musk's upbringing shaped his worldview.