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This Week’s Episode of Reveal: 40 Acres and a Lie (Part 1 of 3)

Michael Johnson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Patricia Bailey’s four-bedroom home sits high among the trees in lush Edisto Island, South Carolina. It’s a peaceful place where her body healed from multiple sclerosis. It’s also the source of her generational wealth. Bailey built…

Yet Another Republican Comes Out Against No-Fault Divorce

Zach D Roberts/ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Erstwhile GOP presidential candidate and current vice-presidential hopeful Ben Carson has joined right-wing peers like Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in supporting the end—or at least the rolling back—of no-fault divorce laws across the…

The Spy Inside Your Smartphone

Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Known for its investigative reporting, El Faro has been referred to as “a breakthrough digital newspaper blazing an independent and ethical trail in Central America.” So when reporters at the Salvadoran news outlet…

What the Fani Willis Ruling Says About the Criminal Justice System

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a February hearing in Donald Trump’s Georgia election case.Alyssa Pointer/Pool/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Much has already been written about Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling Friday allowing Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, to continue…