Meet the Southern Doctor Fighting to Help Trans Kids
Anatoliy Cherkasov/SOPA Images/Associated Press Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On May 8, Alabama became the first state in the country to ban the use of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 19. The law…
Rudy Giuliani Calls Heckler a “Jackass” During Pro-Israel Parade
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City and personal lawyer to President Donald Trump zz/NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx/AP File photo Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Can Rudy Giuliani really go anywhere these days without making an embarrassing scene? Fresh off nine hours…
Top Senate Republican Who Voted To Overturn 2020 Election Admits Biden Won Fairly
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The false claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election has become gospel among most Republicans. Polls over the past year have shown that nearly 70 percent of all…
Trucker Protest Gets Booted From DC-Area Staging Ground
The People’s Convoy block the roads to protest against country’s COVID-19 restrictions and mandatory vaccination in Washington on March 16, 2022. Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The trucker protest in the Washington, DC-area has finally…
How John Lennon’s Murder Led to Preventing Mass Shootings
A week after the 1980 murder of John Lennon, a photo of him on display in front of his New York City home.Carlos Rene Perez/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Editor’s note: This article is adapted from Mark Follman’s new book,…
Florida Is Banning “Social Justice” From its K-12 Textbooks
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts after signing HB 7, dubbed the ”stop woke” bill, in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, on Friday, April 22, 2022. Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Florida textbooks may no longer teach “social…