Now the Far Right Is Going After School Counselors
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Tara Kierstead finished her presentation at the annual conference of the American School Counselor Association in July, she was elated. Her slides—about how best to support students who were transgender or nonbinary—had gone over…
John Fetterman Returns to Campaign Trail for Triumphant Rally After Stroke
In his first major political event since suffering a stroke in May, John Fetterman appeared before a raucous crowd in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday where he wasted no time directly confronting the issue of his health, telling supporters at the start of the event that he was grateful to be alive. “Tonight for me, it’s…
Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd
Adrien Fillon/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As more details continue to come out about the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Donald Trump may have violated the Espionage Act and other laws, the former president’s defenses have only grown more chaotic. Trump debuted his…
Biden’s IRA Targets a Corporate Tactic for Amassing Wealth and Avoiding Taxes. Will It Work?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Inflation Reduction Act—the blockbuster tax and climate reform bill passed by the Senate earlier this week—includes several provisions aimed at forcing corporations to pay a fairer share of their taxes. These include a rule…
Salman Rushdie Was Stabbed at an Event in New York. Here’s What We Know.
Author Salman Rushdie speaks as he presents his book ”Quichotte” at the Volkstheater in Vienna, Austria, on November 16, 2019. Herbert Neubauer/APA Picturedesk via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Celebrated author Salman Rushdie was attacked Friday morning as he prepared to give remarks…
Abortion Was Already Inaccessible on Reservation Land. Dobbs Made Things Worse.
An activist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, protests against the Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.Manuela Soldi/Tulsa World/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June, millions of people have faced new barriers to abortion access: increased…