Why a Case in Texas on Abortion Exceptions Is a Big Deal
SUZANNE CORDEIRO/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Texas heard arguments in a suit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging the state’s abortion ban—the case could have ripple effects across the country as state courts wrestle with…
Henry Kissinger, Dead, Is Suddenly Big on LinkedIn
Henry Kissinger’s death at 100 on Wednesday, after a storied career drenched in blood and unchecked war crimes, has sparked both dutiful tributes and notes of justified revulsion from around the world. But in one corner of the internet, merchants of corporate aspiration have been activated, celebrating what appear to be random encounters with the former…
Have COPs Outlived Their Usefulness?
Gehad Hamdy/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Diplomats, academics, and activists from around the globe will gather yet again this week to try to find common ground on a plan for combating climate change. This year’s COP, as the event is known, marks the…
GOP senators walk out of vote on subpoenas in U.S. Supreme Court ethics inquiry
Committee ranking member U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Republicans stormed out of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Nov. 30, 2023, where members were voting on subpoenas in connection with an inquiry into U.S. Supreme Court justices’ ethics. Graham is shown speaking during a Nov. 9 meeting of the committee. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON…
Democrats, voting rights activists pan Georgia GOP lawmakers’ revised legislative districts
At a Capitol press conference Wednesday, members of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus said the proposed maps do not meet the goal of protecting Black voters and giving them a fair chance to elect the candidate of their choice. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder The redrawn legislative maps floated by Georgia Republican leaders have quickly found pushback from…
Dead at 100, Henry Kissinger Leaves Behind a Bloody Legacy
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, seen during a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in 2006, died at the age of 100 on November 29, 2023.Sergey Ponomarev/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Do not speak ill of the dead. That’s an honorable admonition.…