Under Republican Pressure, EPA Ditched “Cancer Alley” Cases
Grist/Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pastor Philip Schmitter waited more than 20 years for the Environmental Protection Agency to do its job. In 1992, he’d filed a civil rights complaint to halt the construction of a power station that would spew toxic lead into…
A Federal Gun Law Has Protected Domestic Violence Survivors for 30 Years. Now SCOTUS Will Decide Its Fate.
Silas Stein/dpa via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For nearly 30 years, federal law has banned people who have domestic-violence restraining orders from possessing guns. It’s a sensible policy reflecting a set of stark statistics: Women whose abusers have access to guns are…
Fox News Agrees to Pony Up $12 Million to Tucker Carlson Producer Alleging Coercion
Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this year, Abby Grossberg, a producer for Fox News, filed a pair of explosive lawsuits against the network, Tucker Carlson, and a group of other producers. Grossberg, who worked for Carlson’s show, claimed that Fox’s lawyers…
The Fake Request for a Wedding Website at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Anti-LGBTQ Ruling
Stephen Shaver/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3, along the usual lines, that a one-woman graphic design business in Colorado could not, theoretically, be forced to make a wedding website for a same-sex couple. The designer in question, Lorie…
More Than 600 People Died After a Migrant Ship Capsized. A Report Reveals the Fatal Response.
An undated handout image provided by Greece’s coast guard in June shows people on the Adriana before it capsized, killing more than 600.Hellenic Coast Guard/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Today, the New York Times released a damning investigation under the headline: “Everyone Knew the…
Despite Progress, Teamsters Say UPS Strike Is Still Possible
Members of the Teamsters union with picket signs at United Parcel Service’s Livonia terminal.Jim West/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday afternoon, Teamsters president Sean O’Brien delivered an update on the UPS contract negotiations that could lead to the company’s workers striking next…