Myanmar, of All Places, Offers Lessons for Life After Roe
A woman dressed as handmaid attends a May 2022 rally against overturning Roe.Aimee Dilger/Sipa USA via AP This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, as a leaked draft of the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s…
Is “Dark MAGA” Actually Anything?
Mother Jones Illustration;AP Photo/Chris Seward Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In March, a friend texted me a screenshot of a Twitter Spaces conversation about what looked like a potential new movement on the online right: “Dark MAGA.” No one had covered…
MAGA Makes the Pilgrimage to Authoritarian Hungary
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledges cheering supporters during an election night rally in Budapest, Hungary.Petr David Josek/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.American conservatives are gathering in Hungary this week to celebrate and swap notes with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán,…
At CPAC, “The Great Replacement” Theory Meets Anti-Abortion Nonsense
John Locher/File/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This week, the racist “the great replacement” theory officially collided with anti-abortion nonsense at—where else?—the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, Hungary. For years, hard-right politicians have flirted with the idea that non-white immigrants…
Meet the Muslim Mom Who Has Mobilized Asian American Parents in the War on Public Schools
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On a chilly, overcast afternoon in early March, a dozen riled-up parents gathered outside a Fairfax County, Virginia, school board meeting, holding “Stop Asian Hate” and “UnFairfax” signs. They were protesting a controversial reworking of admissions…
An Infamous MAGA Lawyer Is Funding Wacky Legal Defenses for January 6 Suspects
Mother Jones illustration; Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty; Jon Cherry/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Kelly Meggs, an Oath Keeper facing seditious conspiracy charges over the January 6 insurrection, is getting new lawyers. And his outgoing attorney says that a nonprofit set up by Sidney Powell—the infamous…