Restore Roe, or Go Beyond It? The Question Is Fracturing the Abortion Rights Movement
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not long after Election Day last November, Pamela Merritt joined a call with other abortion-rights activists in Missouri to discuss a daring proposal: sidestepping the state’s ruling Republicans by directly asking voters whether to add abortion rights to their…
Challenge to political maps to proceed with state’s claim Black voting power isn’t diluted
Sen. John Kennedy, who served as chair of the Senate Redistricting Committee, promotes the GOP map during the 2021 special session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (file photo) A federal trial that could force state lawmakers to redraw Georgia’s political maps ahead of next year’s election will enter its second week Monday. Five lawsuits have been filed…
Russian Military Continues to Kill Aid Workers in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian military, on September 4. AP Photo/Libkos Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Russian military killed two foreign aid workers in eastern Ukraine this weekend and injured two more, launching a missile…
Morocco Death Toll Surpasses 2,100 After Worst Earthquake in a Century
A woman cries in the rubble in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, Morocco. Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In Morocco, rescuers continued rushing to reach survivors in remote mountain villages on Sunday, after the worst earthquake to…
Georgia lawmakers consider shrinking state’s dual enrollment options for high school students
A student walks the Kennesaw State University Campus. Universities like Kennesaw allow high school students to sign up for college level classes. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder About 45,000 Georgia students participated in dual enrollment last year, taking college-level classes for both college and high school credit. If those students were all packed into one district, they…
Judge rejects Meadows’ bid to move Georgia 2020 election racketeering case to federal court
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked a federal court judge to remove his 2020 presidential election interference case from state prosecutors’ hands. Drew Angerer/Getty Images (file photo) Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows suffered a legal setback Friday afternoon when a federal judge ordered that his Fulton County…