“Disturbing!” Black Georgia Lawmakers React to Arrest of Colleague Park Cannon
Rep. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) is detained by Georgia State Patrol troopers on Thursday, March 25.TNS/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The internet erupted on Friday after Park Cannon, a Black Georgia state representative, was arrested the…
Lauren Boebert Says Equality Act Is “Supremacy of Gays”
Tom Williams/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.) appeared on Steve Bannon’s show to fear-monger about the Equality Act. Or, in her words: “The so-called Equality Act.” For Boebert the name…
What’s Next for the #Resistance Now That They Don’t Have Trump to Kick Around Anymore?
Melinda Beck Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.“You’ll see the signs :),” Megan Bartlett had texted me as I looked for her house in Geneva, Illinois, a 20,000-person town about an hour west of Chicago. The…
The Seema Verma Scandal Shows How Republicans Exploit Modern Feminism
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a White House event on protecting seniors on April 30, 2020. Tia Dufour/White House/Planet Pix via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last week, Congressional Democrats revealed that a senior…
The Radical Roots of Mother’s Day as a Pandemic-Fighting Movement
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the millions of mothers working on the front lines and the millions more incarcerated across America right now—80 percent of women in jail are mothers—spending Mother’s Day at a mandatory distance is a test of resilience. But also of creative solidarity.…
A New Federal Judge Appointed by Trump Has Fought Against Abortion, Fertility Treatments, and Surrogacy
Tom Williams/CQPHO/AP Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to confirm Sarah Pitlyk, who has argued against in vitro fertilization and surrogacy and touted the (debunked) “eugenic origins of the birth control movement,” to a lifetime judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. On Tuesday, Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote…