Mike Johnson’s Long Flirtation With Christian Nationalism
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Bruce Parker remembers a time when he used to talk to the new Republican Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson, several times a week. It was the spring of 2015, just weeks before the Supreme…
Massive Changes Could Be Coming From the Vatican. Conservative US Catholics Are Mad as Hell.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, hundreds of delegates from around the world began a monthlong meeting as part of Pope Francis’ “Synod on Synodality”—a gathering to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. It could radically change the religion. The group is considering groundbreaking alterations…
Dianne Feinstein and the Knife Fight in the Phone Booth
Kim Komenich/Getty; Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/via Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“As president of the Board of Supervisors, it’s my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is…Supervisor Dan White.” —Dianne Feinstein,…
Baylor University Is No Longer Required to Protect Queer Students From Sexual Harassment
Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Biden’s Department of Education has granted Baylor University a religious exemption to Title IX provisions that hold schools accountable for sexual harassment against LGBTQ students, despite the university’s troubling history of alleged Title IX violations.…
One of Louisiana’s Only Pediatric Heart Transplant Doctors Is Moving Because of Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Courtesy of Jake Kleinmahon Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2007, Dr. Jake Kleinmahon left Westchester, New York, to move to New Orleans and attend medical school at Tulane University. Drawn by the opportunity to help rebuild the city’s medical system in the aftermath…
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law to Criminalize Librarians for Providing “Harmful” Books to Minors
Nate Coulter, executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System, looks at a book in the main branch of the public library in downtown Little Rock.Katie Adkins/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, a federal judge in Arkansas temporarily blocked a new law…