A Running List of Politicians Talking About Making Divorce Harder
Mother Jones; Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Zuma, Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma (3), Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1969, then California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the first no-fault divorce law into existence, allowing couples to legally separate without having to prove wrongdoing by one…
Shipbuilding, bombers, military pay raise: Congress sends massive defense bill to Biden
Congress on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023 cleared for the president’s signature the annual defense policy bill. In this photo, U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division walk onto a land navigation course in pursuit of the Expert Infantryman, Soldier or Field Medical Badge on Fort Carson, Colorado, Dec. 4, 2023. Land navigation prepares…
Good Cop, Bad Cop: Breaking Down the UN’s New Climate Resolution
United States’ Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry(L) and China’s special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua (R) attend a press conference during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 13th, 2023. Martin Divisek/ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate…
Supreme Court to Take on the Biggest Abortion Case Since Dobbs
Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear a case deciding the fate of mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortion, marking the most consequential reproductive rights case to reach the high court since…
We’re in an Epidemic of Right-Wing Terror. Won’t Someone Tell the Press?
In These Times/Shutterstock Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article first appeared in InTheseTimes magazine’s special issue on the spread of the far Right. “Violence is a part of America’s culture,” the Black Power militant H. Rap Brown once said. ”It is as American…
US Groundwater Is Being Shipped Overseas
Alfalfa hay is a water-intensive crop, and exporting it is equivalent to exporting precious groundwater.Jack Richardson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Water is life. It’s also big business. In our November + December 2023 issue, Mother Jones dives into the West’s deepening water crisis—and…