Oklahoma Is Trying to Put Trump Bibles in the Classroom
AP Photo/Nati Harnik Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, Oklahoma’s Trump-supporting top school official, Ryan Walters, ordered the state’s schools to teach the Bible in class—and this week, his department put in a $3 million proposal to buy 55,000 Bibles for Oklahoma…
Melania Says She Supports Abortion. I Really Don’t Care, Do U?
Laurence Kesterson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Less than a week before Melania Trump is set to release her memoir, the former first lady appeared to break ranks. “Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir,” read the headline. The Guardian, which…
Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One August evening, I drove through the cornfields and dairy farms of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to attend a government-themed prayer night at Ephrata Community Church. The sprawling house of worship looks like an office park and houses a…
The Murder Rate Fell at the Fastest-Ever Pace Last Year—and It’s Still Falling
Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump wants you to believe that violence is surging. “All over the world crime is down; all over the world—except here,” he said during his debate with Vice President Kamala…
Vance Dodged a Simple Question About Trump Calling Climate Change a “Hoax”
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a debate-night surprise, climate science got near-top billing during the vice presidential face-off between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance in New York on Tuesday, as the sprawling impacts of…
When Vance Said Abortion Rights Should Be “Left to the States,” He Ignored an Inconvenient Fact
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim WalzJulia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance has a refrain he loves to repeat when he’s questioned about his draconian…