Overturning Roe Will Ignite a Legal Civil War
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In his draft opinion overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asserts that returning the question of abortion to the states would end difficult legal disputes over…
Federal Judge Says Trump Likely Committed Felonies
Donald Trump speaking on the Ellipse on January 6, 2021. Shawn Thew/CNP via Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Former President Donald Trump probably broke the law by encouraging supporters to help him hang onto power after his defeat in the 2020…
In 1871, Congress Crafted a Law to Break the Klan. Today, It’s Targeting Trump.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the final week of the 2020 elections, a Biden campaign bus departed San Antonio on the last afternoon of a three-day Texas tour. The bus had already encountered intimidation and harassment from Trump supporters on the state’s…
Eight Red States Are Suing to Keep Migrants and Their Kids Apart
A migrant child from Guatemala waits in the McAllan, Texas airport after being released from a US detention center.Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Eight Republican-led states sued Friday to stop a Biden administration program that allows Central American child refugees to legally…
GOP Senator Pans Biden Court Pick as “Beneficiary” of “Racial Discrimination”
Sen. Roger Wicker on a Congressional visit to Kyiv, Ukraine.Pavlo Bagmut/Ukrinform/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Onion headline writes itself: White Man From South Thinks Black Woman Getting Unfair Advantage. In this instance, it’s Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, who told…
Congress Agreed on Drastic Military Sexual Assault Reform. Then “Four Men Behind Closed Doors” Got Their Hands On It.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) during a December 8 press conference.Graeme Sloan/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Thirty years ago, at a raucous Las Vegas conference of Navy aviators, dozens of male military officers crowded into a dimly lit hotel hallway, where they…