Unions Say Biden’s Climate Bill Ignores Workers
Biden listens about electric vehicles during an event in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.Alex Brandon/AP This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s landmark climate legislation has been “disappointing” and failed to deliver protections to…
That 1% cut in federal spending in the debt limit law? It’s complicated.
Under the debt limit law, domestic spending actually would get a boost compared to what it’s supposed to be if Congress can’t do its job and pass its spending bills by next spring. Getty Images WASHINGTON — The debt limit law Congress approved earlier this year included a much-publicized provision that would cut all federal…
What to Know About the Latest Court Ruling on the Abortion Pill
Olga Fedorova /SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this spring, the Supreme Court hit pause on a controversial ruling in a massive anti-abortion lawsuit with the potential to eliminate nationwide access to the most common method of abortion. The case, brought…
Santos Fundraiser Indicted for Impersonating Top Aide to Kevin McCarthy
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) attends an April rally outside New York criminal court on the day of former President Donald Trump’s first arraignment.Lev Radin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sam Miele, a fundraiser for Rep. George Santos’ (R-N.Y.) 2020 and 2022 campaigns, has been…
How Dating Apps Became a Paradise for Predators
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Matthew Herrick’s dating profiles depicted a muscular man with olive-green eyes and red-hot bedroom interests. The aspiring actor liked orgies and bondage. He was HIV-positive but preferred unprotected sex. He had a “rape fantasy,” and if he seemed resistant…
Affirmative Action May Be Dead—But the Battle Over Race and Admissions Is Just Getting Started
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, often ranked as the country’s top public high school, lies across the Potomac River from Washington in Alexandria, Virginia. For years, the magnet school’s student body has been majority Asian…