When Women Were Invited to an 1869 Medical Lecture, the Men Just Lost It
A clinical lecture at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, circa 1890s.Legacy Center Archives, Drexel University College of Medicine Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as…
NAACP Pledges Immediate Lawsuit Over Texas Voter Suppression Bill
Sergio Flores/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Texas already has some of the country’s most restrictive voting laws, and, accordingly, some of the lowest voter turnout. Now, after a dark-of-night political maneuver on the second-to-last day…
Benjamin Netanyahu Might Finally Lose
Yonatan Sindel/Pool via AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After more than 12 consecutive years as prime minister, it looks like Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as the head of Israel’s government may finally be coming to an…
Ron DeSantis Won’t Let Cruise Ships Require Vaccines
Carl Court/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Fifteen months ago, the saga of the Diamond Princess showed the world how swiftly the coronavirus could spread in a confined space. Nearly 700 COVID infections were ultimately found…
As Texas Enters Another Hot Summer, Lawmakers Kill Effort to Cool Sweltering Prisons
Joe Raedle/Newsmakers/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In the summer, Texas prisons become hell itself. Most prisons lack air conditioning in housing areas, and temperatures inside can rise above 100 degrees. People confined to their cells…
Relocating Climate-Stricken Species Is a Very Tricky Business
Australia’s endangered western swamp turtle is the subject of an assisted colonization project.(Auscape/Universal Images Group/Getty) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the…