School Boards Have Long Been a Tool of White Supremacy
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.At raucous school board meetings across the country, disgruntled parents have grabbed the mic to represent the political desires of the Republican Party. Once-innocuous local gatherings have become anti–critical race theory caucuses administered by white people. In…
On Day One, Virginia’s New Republican Governor Ends Mask and Vaccine Mandates
Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Glenn Youngkin, the first Republican governor of Virginia since 2014, is wasting no time enacting policies that will harm the state’s people of color. On Saturday, his first day in office, he signed 11 executive actions…
Days After the Michigan School Shooting, a GOP Lawmaker Posted a Gun-Filled Family Photo
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) waves around a tiny handgun at a 2020 pro-gun rally.Bryan Woolston/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) posted a holiday-themed family photo to his Twitter account. The image featured a decorated Christmas…
How One Mom Launched a Porn Panic That Helped the GOP Take Virginia
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Stacy Langton showed up at a September meeting of the Fairfax County, Virginia, school board to complain about two books in her children’s high school library, she came prepared. The Catholic mother of six had never…
We Debunk 5 Anti-Vax Myths About Kids’ COVID-19 Vaccines
Students listen to their teacher during their first day of transitional kindergarten at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, CA. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)Paul Bersebach/MNG/Orange County Register/Getty Images) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, the Food and…
The Kids the Pandemic Left Behind
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On the night Esteban’s mother went to the hospital, five ambulances crowded the street in front of their red-brick walk-up in the DC suburbs. It was late May 2020, and COVID-19 had swept through their densely packed…