18 California Kids Sue EPA For “Allowing” Dangerous Emissions
A three-year-old at a climate change protest in Los Angeles, California with a sign that says “My Future is In Your Hands”Ronen Tivony/SOPA/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Eighteen California children are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency over its role in the climate crisis. In a lawsuit filed on Sunday,…
A Texas Woman Just Had to Ask a Court to Let Her Terminate a Pregnancy That Could Kill Her
/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the first time since Roe was decided in 1973, a pregnant adult is asking a court to step in so she can have an abortion. In late November, Kate Cox received the confirmation she’d been dreading: her…
Trump Can Appear on Ballot Despite Engaging in Insurrection, Colorado Judge Rules
Rich Graessle/Icon SMI/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the days after the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, some legal experts began to speculate that a little-known constitutional provision might be used to block President Donald Trump from ever serving a second term.…
Ivanka’s Branding Whiplash: From Kim’s Birthday Bash to the Witness Stand
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the briefest of moments, it must have felt like the good old days for the former president’s eldest daughter. But fresh from her star turn at Kim Kardashian’s celebrity-studded 43rd birthday party in Beverly Hills, Ivanka Trump…
EPA Promised to Address Environmental Racism. Then Conservatives Struck Back.
ichigan’s permitting of an asphalt plant just outside Flint was the subject of a civil-rights complaint to the US Environmental Protection Agency.Jenifer Veloso/The Center for Public Integrity This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. FLINT, Mich – Civil rights law offers a tool for communities…
Allen Weisselberg Still Wants to Be Trump’s Fall Guy
Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr., at a press conference on Jan. 11, 2017, with then-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last year, Allen Weisselberg did everything he could to protect Donald Trump from New York prosectors.…