Atlanta Keeps Putting Up Roadblocks as Organizers Push to Vote on Cop City
Mother Jones; Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article is produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Mother Jones. On January 29, two activists locked themselves to construction equipment belonging to the main “Cop City” contractor, shutting down the work site…
Kansas Plans to Phase Out Subminimum Wage for Disabled People
A worker in a sheltered workshop, which often pays people less than subminimum wageTammy Ljungblad/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed legislation into law that would start to phase out subminimum wage for disabled people in the state.…
Biden’s Justice Department Just Handed the Trump Campaign a Gold Mine
Andrew Harnik / Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday afternoon, the US Department of Justice special counsel’s office released its long-awaited report on the investigation into President Joe Biden’s alleged retention of classified documents. The gist of the 388-page document is…
Trump Killed Abortion Rights. But Voters Still Don’t Blame Him.
Few voters hold Trump accountable for his foundational roll in eradicating abortion rights across the country, according to a new poll.Allison Dinner/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Despite Trump appointing three of the Supreme Court justices that were part of the majority that overturned…
Does Justice Brett Kavanaugh Think Trump Can Be Prosecuted?
Mother Jones; Olivier Douliery/ABACA/Sipa/AP; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in a case brought by voters in Colorado seeking to bounce former President Donald Trump from the state ballot on the grounds that he engaged in…
RFK Jr. Is Planning to Speak at a Conference Featuring a Guy Who Talks About Jews Controlling the World
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a voter rally, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Phoenix. Matt York/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Next month presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is going to Vegas to headline RePlatform and…