The Supreme Court Just Struck a Huge Blow to Obamacare’s Birth Control Requirement
Jeff Malet/NC/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Trump administration rule that lets employers deny women free birth control coverage in health insurance plans on moral or religious grounds. The Affordable Care Act mandated that employers provide free contraceptive care as part…
Wildland Firefighters Are Risking Their Mental Health
In 2015, Danny Brown discovered his friend, Dave Ruhl’s burnt corpse lying among the lava rocks after the Frog Fire erupted in Modoc National Forest in northern CA. For the past 4 years, Danny has not only battled PTSD and the effects of that traumatic day but also the BLM after they forced him into…
Oklahoma Just Voted to Expand Medicaid as the Coronavirus Ravages the State
Sue Ogrocki/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The deep red state of Oklahoma voted Tuesday to expand Medicaid, which could end up offering 200,000 low-income residents access to health care. The measure, which passed with 50.5 percent, a margin of just 6, 488 votes, will expand Medicaid…
Trump Rails Against Obamacare as Coronavirus Cases Surge
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Months into a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 127,000 Americans, President Donald Trump still refuses to take responsibility for his administration’s underwhelming response. On Saturday, the president started off his weekend by railing against Obamacare—one…
Like So Much in 2020, the Pandemic Is Screwing Up Cancer Research
Cherie Diez/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Cancer research, like so much else about this cursed year, has been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Clinical trials—which are crucial for discovering new treatments—have been shut down, postponed, and disrupted. Other trials have been modified to protect participants and…
The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes—and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles
President Donald Trump holds a medical testing swab near his nose as he tours Puritan Medical Products, a medical swab manufacturer, in early June.Patrick Semansky/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up…