How Abortion Foes Are Using Transphobia to Derail New York’s Equal Rights Amendment
Mother Jones illustration; Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In late August, on the fringes of a press conference outside New York City Hall, a man wearing a “Kill your local pedophile” T-shirt and a “Babies Lives Matter” pin screamed at…
Right-Wing Think Tank Targets Efforts to Educate Federal Judges on Climate Science
Leonard Leo has been at the center of conservative efforts to influence the federal courts.Carolyn Kaster/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A right-wing organization is attacking efforts to educate judges about the climate crisis. The group appears to be connected to Leonard Leo, the architect of the…
Why Ballot Measures Are Democracy’s Last Line of Defense
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, Ohio held a special election to fill an open congressional seat in a district that voted 72 percent for Donald Trump in 2020. On Election Day, former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O’Connor drove the length…
Federal Court Blocks Part of Alabama Voter Suppression Law
Matt Slocum/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, US District Judge R. David Proctor ruled in an injunction that part of Alabama’s voter suppression law SB1—state legislation that made it a felony to assist disabled people in requesting and filling absentee ballots—was an…
A Hopeful Week for Abortion Rights: Four State Courts Issue Favorable Rulings
Protesters supporting abortion rights chant outside the Nebraska legislative chamber in May 2023.Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. More than two years since the overturn of Roe v Wade, legal battles over abortion laws are as chaotic as ever. But…
Missouri Officials Tried Everything to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot. They Just Lost.
Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Reproductive rights advocates in Missouri have beaten back a last-ditch effort by Republican officials to stop voters from having their say on abortion in November. On Tuesday afternoon, the Missouri Supreme…