The Case for Giving Pregnant Women More Drugs
Adam McCauley/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Pregnancy often comes with a lengthy list of physical discomforts, but Kate O’Brien’s were unusual: coughing, night sweats, extreme fatigue. After a series of misdiagnoses, a test finally came back positive. She had tuberculosis. O’Brien, who was 35 and living in New…
This Ad Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 Elections
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats battling to regain control of Congress have put GOP efforts to gut Obamacare front and center in their campaigns. In ad after ad, Dems have hammered their opponents for voting to scrap protections for people with preexisting conditions and jack up premiums on older…
Senators Are Demanding Information About Giuliani’s History With Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma
Charles Krupa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than a decade ago, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma approached Rudy Giuliani, then fresh off a stint as the lauded mayor of New York City, asking for help: The little-known pharmaceutical company needed a trusted lawyer to help fight growing public relations and legal battles.…
Democrats Are Using Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination as an Election Season Rallying Cry for Reproductive Rights
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., joins protesters objecting to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at a rally in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats are throwing their support and their advertising dollars into a vocal defense of abortion rights,…
The Trump Official Overseeing Migrant Girls’ Health Care Once Wrote He Couldn’t “Support Abortion for Any Reason”
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Lloyd’s anti-abortion crusade began when, as a young man, he found himself faced with a partner’s unexpected pregnancy. Many years later, Lloyd would take his battle to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, where, as its leader…
Drug Overdoses Hit a Record High in 2017
Kelli Lane and Mary Randol grieve the loss of Randol’s son, Dustin Billings, to an overdose in Indiana.Don Knight/The Herald-Bulletin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The number of deaths from drug overdoses reached a record high of 72,000 in 2017, a 10 percent rise from the previous year, according to…