Is Anyone Else Having End Times Anxiety? Because, Hoo Boy!
Burnt out wreckage is seen along Pleasants Creek Road where the LNU Lightning complex fire tore through late last week, photographed on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 in Vacaville, CA Kent Nishimura/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I cannot sleep; at night, my mind cycles through an Arya…
A Top Court Resoundingly Affirms Trans Rights in Gavin Grimm’s Battle for Equality
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After a yearslong fight for equal protection in a bathroom access battle that’s made Gavin Grimm a trans hero, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that it’s a violation of Title IX to bar students from bathrooms that match their…
As Trump Accepts His Party’s Nomination, Republicans Double Down on Cheating
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As President Donald Trump prepares to formally accept the Republican Party’s nomination for his reelection contest with a speech at tonight’s convention, the last-ditch dismantling of the US Postal Service before the 2020 election lays bare his latest…
The Most Craven Lie on Night 3 of the RNC Came from Kayleigh McEnany
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tapes her speech for the third day the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Susan Walsh/AP Photos For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Wednesday night, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany went on…
No, Donald Trump Has Not “Stood By” the Troops
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Night three of the Republican National Convention is all about heroes, particularly—in the words of Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn—the “kind Democrats don’t recognize…the heroes of our law enforcement and armed services.” “Leftists try to turn them into villains,”…
NBA Players Are Staging a Wildcat Strike
Ashley Landis/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The players of the Milwaukee Bucks, an NBA team headquartered only an hour’s drive from Kenosha, Wisconsin, staged what by all rights was a strike today over the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police. The players of five other…