Hospitals Are Full of Kids Sick With RSV—And Anti-Vaxxers Think It’s a Hoax
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Across the country, children’s hospitals are reporting record numbers of admissions—not just from Covid, but also from a host of other seasonal respiratory viruses. Particularly worrisome among these is respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV. The illness,…
A Preschool on Wheels Drives Opportunity to Immigrant Families in Colorado
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article was co-published with EdSurge, a nonprofit newsroom that covers the future of learning through original journalism and research. In a valley renowned for its world-class ski resorts and unrivaled outdoor recreation, with 14,000-foot peaks that pierce the horizon, five-star…
The Internet Is Full of Predators. Omegle Lets You Meet Them.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Content warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. The two girls at the sleepover huddled together on the bed, passing the cell phone around. They took turns glancing at the screen, fascinated and unsettled by what they…
Trans Kids Finally Scored a Victory in Texas
Cristina Moliner/iStock / Getty Images Plus Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Transgender kids in Texas have dealt with a lot of BS over the past several months. Back in February, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s child welfare agency to consider sending children to…
Hospitalized, Bullied, and Denied Care: Texas’ War on Trans Kids
Mother Jones illustration; Unsplash; Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state officials in February to launch child abuse investigations targeting parents who helped their transgender kids get gender-affirming health care, a 14-year-old trans girl became so anxious…
Texas Child Welfare Officials Were Secretly Pissed About the Order to Investigate Trans Kids
Mother Jones illustration; Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in February when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered child welfare officials to investigate the parents of transgender kids as possible abusers—simply because the parents gave their kids the health care needed to transition—a…