How the “Soft” Dictatorship of Lee Kuan Yew Became a Template for the American Right
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a 2021 interview with the Stanford Review, Blake Masters was asked for a historical figure he admired. He chose two. The first was George Washington, possibly the best-known military general, slave owner, and president in American history. “I…
Clarence Thomas Wants to End Marriage Equality. He Has Two Different Strategies to Do It.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion last month, Justice Clarence Thomas…
Justice Clarence Thomas Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Mother Jones illustration; Erin Schaff/The New York Times/AP, Jacquelyn Martin/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On Friday morning, the Supreme Court issued its opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey—the two decades-old Supreme Court cases that together guaranteed…
Republican Senator Lashes Out at Marriage Equality in Supreme Court Hearing
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington, DC, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.During the second day of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation…
Report: Putin Threatened to Arrest Google Exec Over Pro-Democracy App
Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last week, Russia banned Facebook and Twitter within its borders. The week, it barred its citizens from using Instagram. But it turns out that Vladimir Putin’s regime has been cracking down on…
ACLU Sues Texas Over Investigation of Parents With Transgender Child
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ civil rights organization, filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a Texas family that says it is being investigated by the state…