Alabama Lawmakers Want Prison for False Reporting Charges. That Could Have Serious Consequences.
Molly Mendoza Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last year, 25-year-old Carlee Russell called 911 in Hoover, Alabama, reporting that there was a child on the interstate. Then Russell vanished, and no child was found. A massive search effort followed, along with a national media…
Democratic Senators Pressured EPA to Ease Rules on Steel Mill Pollution
Laura Hedien/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early March, a small group of Democratic senators from the Rust Belt sent President Joe Biden an urgent letter. They began by extolling the benefits of two of the Biden administration’s biggest achievements, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the…
How Trump’s 2024 Campaign Became a Bloody Cage Fight
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late February, after Donald Trump had nearly vanquished the entirety of the Republican primary field, his spokesman, Steven Cheung, took aim at the one opponent still standing. “Birdbrain, are you a liar or just plain stupid?” he tweeted.…
This Is How GOP Signature Matching Laws Harm Disabled Voters
Candace Wicks speaking at a rally, surrounded by other Delta Sigma Theta members, about her experience voting under SB 1. Robin Jerstad/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Candace Wicks believes in the importance of educating people. For three decades, Wicks was an elementary school…
In Maryland appearance, Biden pledges federal support to rebuild collapsed bridge
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Headquarters, near the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 05, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. The bridge collapsed after being struck by the 984-foot cargo ship Dali at 1:30 AM on March 26. President Biden traveled to Baltimore for an aerial…
State PSC members could avoid voters for years as meter runs on Georgia Power rate hikes
Several plaintiffs, including Brionté McCorkle, a director of Georgia Conservation Voters, filed a federal lawsuit in 2020 requesting that a judge change the way public service commissioners are elected arguing that the board fails to adequately represent Black Georgians in regulating public utility rates. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder (File) A Georgia environmental organization is pushing against…