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…
GOP Attorneys General Have Launched a New Attack on Gender Care for Kids
More than 300 people gather in front of the Idaho Capitol to oppose anti-transgender legislation.Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last August, the American Academy of Pediatrics renewed its guidance supporting the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other medical…
The Truth About Trump’s Biggest Abortion Lie
Abaca Press/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In her latest video, Mother Jones video creator Kat Abughazaleh traces the history of former President Donald Trump’s dangerous lie that some states allow parents to “execute” babies in so-called “post-birth abortions.” “You can look at…
Rootless Masculinity Influencers Are Pivoting to Wildly Antisemitic Claims
From left: Dan Bilzerian, Nick Fuentes, Sneako, Tristan Tate, and Andrew TateMother Jones; Zuma; Getty; Destiny Wiki Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A number of prominent figures on the right and far right are once again engaged in energetic antisemitism; this time, Instagram…
JD Vance Called Democrats a “Childless Cabal,” But We Did the Math
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The internet has been burning up this past week with the many, many faux pas—faux paws?—of Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, what with his “childless cat ladies” thing, his endorsement of a reprehensible…
Will Ohio Strike Down Its Draconian Gender-Affirming Care Ban?
A transgender rights advocate holds a sign outside the Ohio Statehouse during a protest against a bill to ban trans girls and women from playing women’s sports. Stephen Zenner/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The fate of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in…