It’s No Secret Our Tax System Punishes Low-Income People. It Doesn’t Have To.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates inequality. Oregon taxpayers will become some of the first in the nation to have the option to self-identify their race and ethnicity…
GOP lawmakers ready to ease limits on hospital construction, set aside Medicaid expansion for now
State Rep. Butch Parrish, a Swainsboro Republican, is the main sponsor of a new health care bill. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder (file) A long-awaited health care proposal from House leaders would ease health care business regulations in some cases, but the measure is just as notable for what it does not do: expand Medicaid. Instead, the…
Gold Dome culture wars: GOP bills aim to limit school sex ed, remove books and install chaplains
Fewer library books, more chaplains and the Ten Commandments could soon be on the way to Georgia public schools. Getty Images Sex. That’s what students in Georgia could be hearing less about if a raft of legislation moving through state Senate committees keeps moving before the big legislative deadline at the end of the month.…
Report: After End of Pandemic Aid, Nearly a Quarter of New Yorkers Live in Poverty
One in four kids in New York City live in poverty, according to a new report.Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One in four kids in New York City live in poverty, according to a sobering report released today that sheds light on…
With Its Top Investor in Jail, a Pro-Trump Social Media Site Suffers Mass Layoffs
Mother Jones illustration; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; Rafael Henrique/SOPA/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A pro-Trump social media site that was launched with great fanfare less than three years ago has now laid off much of its staff and is close to shutting down, current and…
Parents Are Suing New York City Over Coercive, Traumatizing Home Searches
Mother Jones illustration; Getty; Bailey Torres/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In May 2021, investigators from New York City’s child protective services agency showed up at the home of Ebony Gould, a Black mother living in Queens. They were checking on the wellbeing of…