Blog Profile / Mother Jones
| URL : | http://www.motherjones.com | |
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| Filed Under: | News / Independent News | |
| Posts on Regator: | 4547 | |
| Posts / Week: | 17 | |
| Archived Since: | April 5, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
While West, Texas, Burned, Its Famous Czech Bakery Kept the Kolaches Coming
There's a Czech bakery, deli, and gas station combo in tiny West, Texas that's world-famous for serving up fruit kolaches and hot chubbies to locals and tourists driving on I-35 between Dallas and Austin, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the last 29 years. Show More Summary
Agency That Investigates Plant Explosions "Grossly Mismanaged"
This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity. Editor's note, April 18: An explosion Wednesday at a fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas, killed between five and 15 people, authorities say, and injured more than 160. Show More Summary
Not Every Republican Hates Obama's Progressive Labor Secretary Nominee
Thomas Perez, the head of the Justice Department's civil rights division and President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Department of Labor, is getting some support from unexpected corners: Republicans, particularly in his home state...Show More Summary
How Bombs in Iraq Saved Lives in Boston
As first responders and hospitals handled nearly 200 casualties of the marathon bombings, one factor that helped them save lives was the military's experienced with improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those wars inShow More Summary
What We Know About the Huge Explosion at the West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday a massive explosion rocked the Central Texas town of West, following a fire at a fertilizer plant. Early reports are conflicting, but it appears that hundreds of people have been injured, dozens ofShow More Summary
"Shame On You!": Senate Rejects Gun Background Check Compromise
"Shame on you!" Patricia Maisch, a survivor of the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, yelled from the Senate gallery on Wednesday afternoon after the amendment to expand gun background checks fell six votes short of the 60 it required to overcome a filibuster. Show More Summary
Meet the 45 Senators Who Blocked Background Checks
An amendment proposed by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to require background checks for commercial gun sales (but not for sales between "friends and neighbors") was shot down Wednesday afternoon in a 54-46 vote, failing to capture the 60 votes it needed to advance. Show More Summary
WATCH: After Boston, Keep Running [Fiore Cartoon]
Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a website featuring his work.
Arab American on Boston Marathon: "Everyone in This Room Is Holding Their Breath"
p.mininav-header-text {background-color: #000000 !important} More MoJo coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings What We Know About the Boston Marathon Attack The Man in the Cowboy Hat: Meet Carlos Arredondo, a Hero of the Boston...Show More Summary
The Immigration Bill's Security Poison Pill
Naming its long-awaited comprehensive immigration bill the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 wasn't just an alphabetical flourish by the bipartisan Senate Gang of Eight: Securing the border always was going to be its No. Show More Summary
The Government Didn't Shut Down Cell Service in Boston. But With SOP 303, It Could Have
Shortly after the horrific explosions that interrupted the Boston Marathon Monday, the Associated Press reported that the government had shut down cell phone service in the area. That wasn't true—but it's not impossible. "No one in Washington...Show More Summary
How Science Can Predict Where You Stand on Keystone XL
On February 17, more than 40,000 climate change activists—many of them quite young—rallied in Washington, DC, to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which will transport dirty tar sands oil from Canada across the heartland. The scornful response from media centrists was predictable. Show More Summary
The Gitmo Hunger Strike May Be the Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in the Camp's History
Only the government knows the exact statistics, but four years after Barack Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and eleven years since the first people were imprisoned there, detainees at Gitmo are involved...Show More Summary
10 Reasons the Background Check Bill Means Victory for the NRA
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) have been forced this week to consider further retooling their bill for expanded gun background checks, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters on Tuesday still lacks the 60 votes it needs to overcome a filibuster. Show More Summary
These Soldiers Did the Boston Marathon Wearing 40-Pound Packs. Then They Saved Lives.
Tough Ruck soldiers clearing a path to victims. Military Friends Foundation At 5:20 a.m. on Monday, four hours before the Boston Marathon's elite runners took off, a group of 15 active duty soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard gathered at the starting line in Hopkinson. Show More Summary
It Doesn't Take Much to Get PTSD
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. I was one nightmare short of PTSD. It didn't take much, that's what surprised me. No battles. No dead bodies. I spent just three and a half weeks as a contractor in Iraq, when the...Show More Summary
6 False Things You Heard About the Boston Bombing
More MoJo coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings What We Know About the Boston Marathon Explosions The Man in the Cowboy Hat: Meet Carlos Arredondo, a Hero of the Boston Bombings Question Everything You Hear About the Boston Marathon...Show More Summary
Question Everything You Hear About the Boston Marathon Bombing
Shortly after Monday's bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, rumors began to fly about what exactly happened and who was behind it. The New York Post, citing an unnamed federal official, claimed 12 people were dead and...Show More Summary
Gay-Friendly Scouting Organization Doubles Its Numbers in One Year
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which discriminates against gay scouts, atheists, and families who want to put their sons and daughters in the same scouting program, has seen its membership plummet in the last decade. Many former scouts have left scouting altogether. Show More Summary
What We Know About The Boston Marathon Explosions
On Monday, two blasts were reported near the finish line of the annual 26.2-mile Boston Marathon, resulting in at least two dead and 23 injured, according to the Boston Police Department. The explosions—the first of which was on the north side of Boylston Street—occurred roughly three hours after the winners crossed the finish line. Show More Summary