The Latest Casualties of Idaho’s Abortion Ban: Babies
Matt York, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An Idaho hospital is ending its labor and delivery services in the wake of a Texas-style, near-total abortion ban signed into state law last year. Citing the state’s “legal and political climate,” Bonner General Health plans to…
62 Way Too Young to Retire, Says Only Rich Country With Falling Life Expectancy
Mylene Deroche/IP3/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.To an American viewer, the current protests over raising France’s retirement age might look a little quaint: the country that once beheaded members of its aristocracy still gets in a tizzy when its president wears an expensive watch.…
Extreme Weather Rips Through Mississippi, Killing Dozens
Rogelio V. Solis/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A powerful tornado ripped through rural Mississippi last night, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more. The tornado hit Rolling Fork—a town with a population of less than 2,000, and the supposed birthplace of…
Trump Is Holding His First Rally in Waco. That Shouldn’t Surprise You.
Flames engulfed the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, on April 19, 1993.Susan Weems/AP File Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, the first rally of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign will take place in Waco, Texas. The significance will not be lost on many of his…
Congress Might Want a TikTok Ban, But Their Questions Suggest Going Further
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.What if the United States government banned every single social media app? Not just TikTok. All of them. Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter–sayonara. It may sound ludicrous, but if you apply the logic behind the kinds of questions…
He Took Part In a Right-Wing Florida Hospital Protest. Now, He Is Losing His Board Certification for Spreading Covid Disinformation.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, I wrote about the far-right groups accusing Sarasota Memorial, a public safety-net hospital in Florida, of mistreating Covid patients. Despite a painstaking review showing that the hospital’s Covid outcomes have exceeded national standards, the groups—helmed by former…