Gaming interests ready new legalized gambling push in Georgia in ’24, sports bets still a favorite
The 2023 Georgia Legislative session ended this spring with several failed attempts by lawmakers to open up the state to letting adults bet on sporting events. Courtesy University of Georgia, photo by Dorothy Kozlowski A powerful sports betting and gambling company is intensifying its efforts to win legalized sports betting, casinos and horse racing in…
Republicans push for border funding to be wrapped into Israel, Ukraine aid package
Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Gazans are evacuating to the south as advised by the Israeli government, ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive. Retaliatory air strikes by Israel have killed more…
The Karens Policing Black Kids’ Hair Aren’t Here to Help
Michael Wyke/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Barbers High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, after administering more than 40 days of in-school suspension to 18-year-old Darryl George for the length of his dreadlocks, removed him from classes and enrolled him in a disciplinary…
The Biden Administration Is Still Looking For Migrant Families Separated Under Trump
FILE – A pair of migrant families from Brazil wait to be processed by US Border Patrol agents after passing through a gap in the border wall from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz., Thursday, June 10, 2021, to seek asylum.Eugene Garcia/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news…
GM Contract Will Protect EV Workers, Paving Way for Green Transition
Members of the United Auto Workers rallied and then marched past General Motors headquarters in Michigsn in support of the UAW’s strike against Ford, Stellantis, and GM. Jim West/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Workers at General Motors’ electric vehicle battery manufacturing facilities will be…
Why Are So Many Studies Being Retracted?
Vito Ansaldi Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s been a hell of a year for science scandals. In July, Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a prominent neuroscientist, announced he would step down after an investigation, prompted by reporting by the Stanford Daily, found that…