In the GOP’s New Surveillance State, Everyone’s a Snitch
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It was a cold, blustery weekend in February when Neesha Davé opened the door to her Austin, Texas, home and found a process server standing on her front step. She felt sympathy for the woman waiting…
At Least 25 States Are One Supreme Court Decision Away From Banning Same-Sex Marriage
arsenisspyros/ Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In his decision to help gut Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the Supreme Court “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell”—cases that enshrined Americans’…
Once Again, Ted Cruz Says the Supreme Court Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage was “Clearly Wrong”
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday criticized the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling that legalized gay marriage, on an episode of his own podcast, as first reported by NBC News. “Marriage was always an…
Clarence Thomas Wants to End Marriage Equality. He Has Two Different Strategies to Do It.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion last month, Justice Clarence Thomas…
Texas Republican Party Enshrines Anti-LGBTQ Hate in Extreme Right-Wing Party Platform
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick poses for photos with supporters during the first day of the Republican Party of Texas convention.Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Thousands of the Texas Republican party faithful voted yesterday on a state GOP…
“You Do Not Want to Be Assigned to a Location Which Is Hostile to Your Existence”
Soldiers and sailors pose together at Camp Lemonnier’s Thunderdome in Djibouti. The event was organized to talk about and recognize the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Randi Brown, courtesy of the U.S. Navy Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support…