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Gwich’in elder Sarah James.

 

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Guess what. There's life on Venus!

Okay, not so fast. Scientists discovered large quantities of phosphine, a chemical that could be produced by anaerobic life, in the atmosphere of one of Earth's closest neighboring planets. Cool stuff! Makes you forget about the raging wildfires and our fascistic president for a minute, doesn't it?

—Abigail Weinberg

 

After Weeks of Silence, Trump Will Visit Fire-Ravaged California

He's all but certain to continue his recent efforts to greenwash his climate record.

BY INAE OH

 

Trump promotes extrajudicial murders because "that's the way it has to be"

BY INAE OH

Prosecutor quits over alleged pressure to produce hurried report for Trump

BY KEVIN DRUM

"I should not be a pawn in a game": 9 workers explain why they quit in protest

AS TOLD TO MOTHER JONES STAFF

Native defenders are trying to protect the Arctic Refuge—and their way of life

BY KATHERINE BAGLEY

 

At Least 19 Are Dead As Tens of Thousands Face Evacuation Amid Raging West Coast Fires

Oregon officials are “preparing for a mass fatality incident.”

ALI BRELAND

 

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SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE

A Graphic Designer Is Relabeling Canned Food With Calls for Justice

If you live in Texas or know someone who does, look twice—or have them look twice—before reaching for that jar of peanut butter or can of soup, cranberries, or ground coffee. And definitely that tin of Spam, container of salt, and jar of mayo. A San Antonio artist has been sneaking around to supermarkets and relabeling food in an act of creative consumer disobedience. Jars and containers are popping up on shelves with parody labels bearing call-to-action political messages, and the labels are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. You’d be forgiven for mistaking them until you get home, when your astute, label-reading housemate makes the fool of you.

“One of my San Antonio friends has been using his graphic design skillz to re-label grocery store cans with facts about local/national police issues,” tweeted the artist’s friend, who hasn’t named the artist, but the friend, with permission, has made the labels available as PDFs: “Want to bring this revolution to your grocery aisle? He’s made the label files public.”

See the photos here and here. Enjoy your Ocean Spray Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce, or, if you’re looking, Priorities San Antonio Just Added $8.1 Million to the Police Budget Cranberry Sauce.

—Daniel King

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