Overturning Roe Didn’t Just Cut Off Access. It Sabotaged Science, Too.
Álvaro Bernis Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In early May 2022, reproductive health researcher Liz Mosley was at a dinner celebrating her first day as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine when the news broke: A leaked draft…
Trad Wives Are Thriving in the Post-Dobbs Era
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last year, despite minding other people’s business online, I didn’t know what a “trad wife” was. Now it seems like every time I log in to Instagram or TikTok, there is another video of a beautiful woman cleaning…
Federal lawsuit challenges new Georgia cash bail law
Gov. Brian Kemp on May 1 signed a bill that expands the kinds of offenses requiring cash bail. Senate Bill 63 sparked debate among lawmakers over whether someone should be held in jail longer for misdemeanor offenses such as criminal theft if they cannot afford bail to get out of jail. Getty Images A federal…
Georgia’s Black voters could be key as Biden and Trump vie for support ahead of Atlanta debate
Black voters overwhelmingly supported President Joe Biden in 2020, but some polls show their support now wavering. Megan Varner/Getty Images Samuel Warren, a Black retiree from southwest Georgia who cuts grass for side income, recently explained the financial bottom line on why he plans to vote for Republican Donald Trump rather than President Joe Biden…
“The Dire Threat of Trump’s Ongoing Assault on Women’s Fundamental Freedoms”
Harris will host a “reproductive freedom event” in Phoenix to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the eve of the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overruled…
From VP Hype to Migrant Bashing, Trump’s Noise Machine Is on Full Blast
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump claims he has picked his running mate. He’s not revealing who that person is yet, of course. Trump told CNN and NBC on Saturday that he has not yet told the lucky…