The video game industry is brutal. Now it's unionizing.
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen·17d ago
By 6 p.m. Sunday, the union had already run out of the colorful pins representing each bargaining unit—all 7,000 of them—as people kept coming up to congratulate them.
How the author of a bestselling book on biological war feels about AI
Mother Jonesby Michael Mechanic·17d ago
We’ve been hearing a great deal recently about the specter of AI-driven human extinction. Maybe our misplaced trust in AI intelligence will set off World War III.
Tech Bros and the Trump administration are building an AI empire—in the Phillippines
Mother Jonesby Kiera Butler·17d ago
In a move that upended the international conversation about AI, earlier this month, a researcher at the AI company Anthropic named Jacob Coxon resigned and took to X to sound the alarm about what...
New Yorkers lined the street against Benjamin Netanyahu's visit
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz·17d ago
In the early months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the streets of New York were filled with protests.
Netanyahu's UN speech was a full-on defense of Israel's settlements
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz·17d ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on the defensive when he took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
Trump’s FDA pick refuses to say IUDs don’t cause abortions
Mother Jonesby Garnet Henderson and Susan Rinkunas·17d ago
This article has been republished from Autonomy News, a worker-owned publication covering reproductive rights and justice. Follow Autonomy News on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, and LinkedIn.
Thousands rally against the authoritarian toddler taking over the Kennedy Center
Mother Jonesby Sonel Cutler·17d ago
President Trump’s mindset when it comes to the Kennedy Center is that of an authoritarian toddler: If he can’t have the toys he wants, he’ll try to break them and make sure no one else can have...
How a Russian attack on the midterms deepfaked Mother Jones
Mother Jonesby David Corn·17d ago
A few days ago, an X user called роман—which is Russian for the name “Roman”—posted a purported Mother Jones video that reported that the Democratic National Committee paid a whopping $259 million...
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
Mother Jonesby Mark Follman·17d ago
In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI. Van Rootselaar had been using ChatGPT to discuss committing potential acts of violence—including a mass shooting at a...
A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Mother Jonesby Anna Merlan·17d ago
Brandon Thomas DiSabatino is used to receiving unusual emails. DiSabatino is a poet, author, playwright, and the owner of Conveyor Belt Books, a rare and eclectic books dealer in Covington...
Meet the Republicans voting blue in Florida
Mother Jonesby Laura C. Morel·17d ago
Bobby Williams, a third-generation Floridian and founder of a disaster relief nonprofit, was one in the crowded field of Republican candidates in Florida this summer seeking to replace Gov.
Exclusive: Mamdani on extreme weather, DoorDash, and why Trump likes him so much
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz·17d ago
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday directly linked the climate crisis to everyday issues facing New Yorkers, including commutes and affordability, while urging climate-concerned...
Is male birth control finally coming?
Mother Jonesby Julia Lurie·17d ago
The summer of 2021 was supposed to be a joyful season of life for Mattie Quinlan: She had just gotten married and was settling down with her husband, Ryan, in Provo, Utah.
Climate visions clash at UN summit, as Trump goes in whole hog for fossil fuels
Mother Jonesby Aman Azhar·18d ago
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
The SEC wants to scrap a key anti-corruption rule targeting private equity
Mother Jonesby Hannah Levintova·18d ago
Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission quietly published a proposal to rescind a long-standing anti-corruption measure that prevents private equity firms and other investment...
The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar
Mother Jonesby Kiera Butler·18d ago
This story was produced in partnership with the Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast. In a cavernous arena in suburban Atlanta one warm day last May, I arrived at 9:00 a.m.
As Trump banned news outlets, his own media company’s stock shot up
Mother Jonesby Russ Choma·18d ago
Something strange occurred recently: The stock price of Donald Trump’s beleaguered media company shot up. What happened?
ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz·18d ago
On September 17, immigration attorney Rachel Marandett went looking for a man held by ICE in the agency’s detainee locator.
JD Vance is coming for your Obamacare
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz·18d ago
The Trump administration is removing about 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act coverage, Vice President JD Vance and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Mehmet Oz announced...
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
Mother Jonesby Ari Berman and Pema Levy·19d ago
On May 8, hundreds of civil rights protesters, carrying signs that said, “No Jim Crow Maps” and “Hands Off Our Vote,” descended on Baton Rouge to oppose a plan by Louisiana’s Republican-controlled...
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