Inside the disinfo campaign to convince you that everything is just fine

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     July 21, 2022 If you know me, you know how hot it is in my apartment. It's all I talk about. I live in a high-ceilinged loft in a 100-year-old building in Denver. There's no central air conditioning, so I'm stuck with window units that don't do much to cool my big, doorless living room/office/bedroom. Since the outdoor temperature has exceeded 90 degrees almost every day for weeks, the average indoor temperature when I'm working from home is around 86. By 4 p.m., when the sun starts hitting the western window, it creeps up to 88 and 90. I'm lucky enough to be able to flee to an air-conditioned coffee shop or library or even a public pool when it gets too hot to bear. But hundreds of thousands of people around the world don't have that luxury. Much of Europe, which is enduring a [record-breaking heat wave](, simply wasn't built for extreme heat. Air conditioning is a rarity in the UK: As one London-based writer put it in [Slate](, "We live in homes originally built for shivering chimney sweeps or something, and so on the whole, homes are built to keep heat in." For many people, extreme heat isn't just uncomfortable: It's deadly. [More than 1,000 people]( have reportedly already died from this week's heat wave in Portugal alone. When extreme heat swept the Pacific Northwest last summer, [about 200 people died]( in Washington and Oregon. People who live in climates that tend to be cooler are particularly vulnerable because they aren't [acclimatized]( to the heat. And, as with many of the effects of climate change, [low-income people](, especially those who lack adequate [shelter](, are particularly at risk. Aside from ending the use of planet-warming fossil fuels, there are things cities can do to protect their residents before a heat waves hits, like establishing [cooling centers]( or [planting more trees](. Individuals shouldn't be responsible for tackling systemic issues, but when the [wealthy are destroying the planet]( while the rest of us swelter, we have no choice but to look out for each other. So have a cold drink. Check in on your neighbors. Wherever you are, I hope you're staying cool. —Abigail Weinberg Advertisement [Amnesty International]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Inside the Powerful Anti-Abortion Campaign to Convince You That Everything Is Just Fine]( Be careful of what you read about miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies right now. BY KIERA BUTLER AND MADDIE OATMAN SPONSORED CONTENT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL   DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Amnesty International is the world’s largest grassroots human rights organization. Together with 10 million members and activists, Amnesty is building a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We bring torturers to justice. We change oppressive laws. We've helped free thousands of prisoners of conscience since our founding. Amnesty accepts zero funding from governments for its research and campaigns, and is powered by grassroots support. [Join today](. [Trending] [Almost every House Republican just voted against protecting the right to contraception]( BY INAE OH   [Trump incited the terrorism of January 6, investigations further show]( BY MARK FOLLMAN   [Extreme heat is making the fastest-growing US cities unlivable]( BY OLIVER MILMAN   [Texas AG Ken Paxton has deep ties to the nonprofit leading the charge on Donald Trump’s big lie]( BY CASSANDRA JARAMILLO Advertisement [Amnesty International]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Relatives of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake Went to Ohio to Protest. Then the Cops Came After Them.]( One ended up in jail. Another in the hospital. Here, they share what happened. BY SAMANTHA MICHAELS [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755