Stop Cop City Activists Turn Up the Heat on Nationwide Insurance in Arizona
Collin Mayfield/Sipa USA via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday evening, three activists connected with the effort to stall construction of a vast police training facility just outside of Atlanta were arrested 1,700 miles away in Arizona as organizers target insurance companies…
What Happens If We Actually Treat Fetuses Like People?
San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In ruling that frozen embryos should be legally considered the same as children under a wrongful death law, the Alabama Supreme Court furthered a growing movement hoping to enshrine “fetal personhood”—the idea…
Ohio GOP Candidate JR Majewski Used a Slur, Considered Dropping Out (Again), But Will Stay in the Race
J.R. Majewski at a campaign rallyTom E. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ohio Republican Congressional candidate JR Majewski considered dropping out of his race (again) after backlash for saying that Democrats, like disabled people participating in the Special Olympics, are “retarded” in a podcast…
How the Christian Right Became So Hostile to IVF
17 January 2024: In the cell laboratory, culture dishes are prepared at the Fertility Center Berlin to collect the eggs after egg retrieval. Jens Kalaene/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a landmark ruling last week, Alabama’s Supreme Court declared that embryos created…
Should Israel Be Held Accountable for “Ecocide”?
Palestinians are inspecting the damage caused by Israeli bombardment in Al-Zawayda, central Gaza Strip, on February 22, 2024. Majdi Fathi / AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When reports emerged in late December that the Israeli military planned to pump seawater into the underground tunnel networks…
Florida Man Facing 91 Criminal Counts Wins Michigan Primary
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump keeps losing in the courtroom, but that isn’t stopping him from prevailing at the ballot box. The former president is facing four indictments covering a combined 91 criminal counts. He’s racking up hundreds…