Lawmakers Are Finally Taking Action to Prevent Kids From Being Warehoused in Psych Hospitals
Mateo Jaime, who spent two months at a psychiatric hospital as a foster child, speaks at an Alaskan legislative hearing Thursday.Mother Jones illustration; Alaska State Legislature; Ash Adams Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It was 2018 when Mateo Jaime was admitted to North Star…
It’s Not Just Sandy Hook. Aaron Rodgers Has Some Very Strange Thoughts About…Buildings.
Perry Knotts/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, CNN’s Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper reported that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers—who is (or at least was) reportedly being considered as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential running mate—had told at…
Justice Ginsburg’s Family Decries Bestowing RBG Award on Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch
Mother Jones; John Minchillo/AP, Jessica Hill/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced the 2024 recipients of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award. The winners: businessman Elon Musk, right-wing media kingpin Rupert Murdoch, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart,…
Fani Willis Can Remain in Charge of Trump Prosecution in Georgia
Fani WillisNatrice Miller/TNS/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee the Georgia criminal prosecution of Donald Trump, so long as the special prosecutor she hired for the case, Nathan Wade, steps aside, a Georgia judge ruled…
Special prosecutor has resigned, allowing DA Willis to continue leading election interference case
Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade (right) has resigned from the Fulton County election interference case “in the interest of democracy.” Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 4:55 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2024. A Fulton County judge ruled Friday that District Attorney Fani Willis and her whole office can either step aside from the 2020…
Georgia Senate OKs bill to loosen limits on health care facilities, but talks ongoing
Sen. Bill Cowsert, an Athens Republican, urged lawmakers to vote for a healthcare proposal even though they may not like everything about it. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder A proposal to loosen up Georgia’s health care business regulations cleared the Senate Thursday with some bipartisan support, but Democrats say they will withhold support next time unless the…