How 99 Black Americans Gained—Then Lost—Land on an Idyllic Georgia Island
Aerial view of Skidaway Island, Georgia.Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Skidaway Island, off the coast of Georgia, “not one blade of grass feels out of place.” Giant oak trees provide shade from the heat. Nature surrounds you, but…
Melting? Fossil Fuels Have Made Extreme Heat 35 Times More Likely in North America
Richard Ellis/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This weekend marks the official start of summer, and it’s shaping up to be a scorcher. The extreme heat that’s afflicted much of the eastern United States this week is set to continue, with temperatures hitting…
The Supreme Court Just Proved That Its Gun Rulings Have Been a Disaster
Supreme Court Justice Clarence ThomasEric Lee/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2022, in a decision penned by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court announced a new approach to regulating firearms. Henceforth, the court declared in Bruen, gun laws would only pass Second…
Why Bias Against Pro-Palestinian Protesters Matters for Everyone
Mother Jones; Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Thursday, committees at Stanford University published two reports on the campus climate following October 7. The publication comes just days after hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walked out in protest of the…
Democrats Are Trying to Repeal a Zombie Law That Could Ban Abortion Nationwide
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), center, is going after the 19th-century Comstock Act before Republicans may try to use it to ban abortion nationwide.Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. You may think medication abortion is safe from anti-abortion crusaders’ wrath after…
Opposition to IVF Has Entered the GOP Mainstream
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. There was a time when Republicans said they were very supportive of in vitro fertilization. That time was late February. The Alabama Supreme Court had just ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state…