Will the Supreme Court Make Homelessness a Crime?
Unhoused senior citizens Kim Morris and Kevin Gevas call a homeless advocate from Mint at Tussing Park in Grants Pass, Oregon on Thursday March 28, 2024. Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Helen Cruz has been a resident of Grants Pass,…
With This Week’s Abortion Case, Supreme Court Faces Grim Reality of Overturning Roe
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Just weeks after the Supreme Court ended the Constitutional right to an abortion in the summer of 2022, Mylissa Farmer arrived at a hospital in Joplin, Missouri after her water broke at about 18 weeks pregnant.…
These Floridians Rebuilt Houses in Flood Zones. Now FEMA Is Cracking Down.
Thomas Simonetti/Washington Post/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When US homeowners buy subsidized flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they make a commitment to build back better after flood disasters, even if it costs them. FEMA’s notorious 50 percent rule stipulates that if a home in…
Earth Day report card: Georgians battle threats to state’s natural wonders year round
From top to bottom: The Okefenokee Swamp attracts 650,000 visitors annually. Joe Cook/Georgia River Network; Biomass power plants in northeast Georgia prompted a 2020 statewide ban on burning railroad ties for electricity. File; A sewage spill shut down a stretch of the Chattahoochee River in metro Atlanta for July 4, 2023 holiday. GPB / File;…
The Supreme Court Is About to Have a Very Busy Week
US Supreme Court justices arrive for the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Monday marks the…
UAW Triumphs in Tennessee Volkswagen Union Vote
People celebrate after the United Auto Workers (UAW) received enough votes to form a union at a UAW vote watch party on April 19, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For decades, unionizing in the American…