A Hopeful Week for Abortion Rights: Four State Courts Issue Favorable Rulings
Protesters supporting abortion rights chant outside the Nebraska legislative chamber in May 2023.Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. More than two years since the overturn of Roe v Wade, legal battles over abortion laws are as chaotic as ever. But…
Women on TikTok Are Schooling a Trump Ally Who Denied People Are “Bleeding Out” Due To Abortion Bans
Former Trump White House official John McEntee.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Project 2025 staffer and former Trump White House personnel chief John McEntee tried to score points on social media on Thursday by denying that women were “bleeding out” due…
How Hurricane Katrina Shaped One Young Researcher’s Worldview
David J. Phillip/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the spring of 2005, Daniel Aldrich, a researcher, was finishing his doctorate in Japanese energy politics at Harvard University. That summer, he moved to Louisiana with his wife and two young children, renting a house in New Orleans…
How JD Vance Unleashed the Racist Backlash Against Haitian Immigrants in Springfield, Ohio
Justin Sullivan/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday morning, a friend texted Vilès Dorsainvil to ask if he’d seen the claims circulating on social media. Dorsainvil, the leader of Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian Community Help and Support Center, had not. He quickly saw…
Harris’ Embrace of Dick Cheney Was Just One Way She Courted National Security Hawks
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Vice President Kamala Harris used Tuesday night’s debate to tout her bipartisan appeal, she emphasized the backing she’d received from two particularly notable GOP officials. “I actually have the endorsement of 200 Republicans,” she said,…
Senators Slam Private Equity–Fueled Hospital Giant in Charged Hearing
Kevin Wolf/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In front of a packed room at a Senate hearing on Thursday, longtime nurse Ellen MacInnis recounted working at a Massachusetts hospital owned by Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital provider. Her voice broke…