In the US, Counting the Dead in Gaza Has Become a Gruesome Political Game
Palestinians mourn the death of their relatives at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah on July 1, 2024, following Israeli bombardments in the central Gaza Strip.Omar Ashtawy/APA Images/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On July 5, the Lancet, one of the most…
Critics charge GOP Georgia election board members violated state laws in rushed meeting
Several protesters expressed their anger by holding up signs and directing calls of “shame” at several Republican Georgia Election Board members for scheduling a last-minute meeting at the state Capitol on July 12. Three conservative board members defended themselves against accusations that the meeting violated open meetings laws. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder The three GOP members…
Sen. Warnock, new commission explore ways to provide health care coverage to more Georgians
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has proposed a new federal work-around to cover low-income people in states like Georgia that have not expanded Medicaid. The program would last for three years. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder A new commission will soon begin examining the health care coverage needs of low-income and uninsured Georgians, kicking off an examination that…
Georgia PSC to act on Sandersville Railroad owner’s request to condemn land held by Black owners
The Georgia Public Service Commission has scheduled an Aug. 6 hearing on a group of Hancock County property owners seeking to overturn an April ruling that would allow the Sandersville Railroad Company to acquire their land through condemnation. City of Sandersville A predominantly Black neighborhood in Hancock County has a second chance to stop a…
Project 2025 Is Twisting Disability Rights Law to Attack Abortion
Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s guidebook for Republican control of the presidency and Congress, is, unsurprisingly, coming for abortion rights. But in a new twist, they want to use a key disability rights law to…
AOC Wants to Impeach SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito
AOC is taking on SCOTUS.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas removed from the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the congresswoman filed articles of impeachment against the two justices, alleging in a…