Supreme Court Strikes Down Universities’ Affirmative Action Programs
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that the use of race in college admissions violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and thus is unconstitutional, dealing a serious blow to…
Breitbart Just Exposed a Right-Winger’s Racist Texts. How Did We Even Get Here?
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2019 at a rally celebrating Trump changing his legal residence to Florida.Paul Hennessy/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Breitbart published a long report exposing racist and anti-semitic text messages from Pedro Gonzalez, a somewhat well-known…
Yes, Nikki Haley’s Attack on Obama Is Silly. It’s Also Very Telling.
Mother Jones illustration; Jason Lee/The Sun News/ZUMA; Karen Ballard/ZUMA; Joseph Bustos/TNS/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I get the sense that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, along with other candidates of her ilk, find themselves most relevant when they’re sparking outrage. One of…
Meet the Rich Guys Who Want RFK Jr. to Be President
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his bid for the presidency at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on April 19, 2023, he pledged to a cheering crowd to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is…
Supreme Court Rejects a Republican Effort to Hijack Elections
Mother Jones; United States Census Bureau; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a hugely significant opinion on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the “independent state legislature” theory pushed by Republicans that would have given state legislatures virtually unchecked power to draw new redistricting…
What It Was Like to Be in Russia and Watch a Failed Coup
Members of the Wagner Group military company load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, before leaving the headquarters of the Southern Military District.AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Editor’s note: This essay is anonymous in order to protect the…