Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 29 Update
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Today’s Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Is Good. It’s Not Great.
Center For Reproductive Rights holds a rally outside the Supreme Court Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Supreme Court decision today to protect abortion rights is undoubtedly a win for reproductive rights advocates. But by no means should it be a signal for them to…
The Supreme Court Just Gave the Trump Administration the Green Light to Execute People
Oliver Contreras/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to take up the case of federal death row prisoners who had challenged the government’s lethal injection protocol, paving the way for the Trump administration to carry out the first executions at the federal…
Republicans Use Congressional Hearing to Defend Trump Tear Gassing Peaceful Protesters For Photo Op
PPI/via Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The events that transpired in Washington, DC’s Lafayette Park on June 1—in which US Park Police assaulted peaceful protesters so that President Trump could pose for a photo op in front of a church—have drawn universal outrage. But during a…
A Question That Won’t Go Away: Why Does Trump Love Putin So Much?
Russian nesting dolls bearing the faces of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on display in a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 31, 2020. Sergey Nikolaev/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In the wake of the bombshell story that President Trump…
Supreme Court Hands Down Another Party Line Decision
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Here’s another Supreme Court case from this morning: The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for the president to get rid of the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but allowed the watchdog agency created in the wake of the…