A Scandalous Reason Meat Prices Have Skyrocketed

23 hours 12 minutes ago
The bacon in your BLT now costs nearly twice as much as it did 15 years ago, but inflation is only part of the reason. Broadly speaking, food and drink prices only grew by about 50 percent during that time. So, what’s up with the meat? The answer may have to do with Agri Stats, […]
Miranda Lipton

Eric Adams Might Just Deport His Way to a Pardon

23 hours 30 minutes ago
Donald Trump has promised to carry out the biggest mass deportations in history during his second term—which would not only be cruel to the millions directly affected, but also disastrous for the country as a whole. As my colleague Isabela Dias wrote earlier this year:  The nation’s undocumented immigrants grow and harvest the food we […]
Melvis Acosta

Monster of 2024: Cars, Again

1 day 1 hour ago
The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy. When you start walking around a city with a small child, you notice […]
Tim Murphy