A Far-Right Convoy Is Holding Anti-Immigrant Rallies at the Border
A person holds up a sign prior to the ‘Take Our Border Back’ convoy.Adam Davis/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, a far-right convoy calling itself “God’s army” is set to host rallies at different border towns along the US-Mexico border to decry what…
Are Ocean Plastics Cleanup Efforts Helping—or Hurting?
Workers for environmental nonprofit, The Ocean Cleanup. Cover Images/ZUMA This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This moniker is used to describe the vast stretch of ocean from the West Coast of North America to Japan that is…
More Than 150 Democrats Urge Biden to Help Stop the Criminalization of Pregnant People
Congressional Democrats want Biden to do more to protect pregnant people from criminalization, pointing to the case of Brittany Watts.Sue Ogrocki/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 150 Democratic members of Congress have written to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health…
Right-Wing Moms Are Headed to the Border
Moms for America president Kimberly FletcherMoms for America Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Yesterday, I wrote about the “Take Our Border Back” convoy headed to three southwestern cities and the grab bag of conspiracies its participants embrace. But, wait, there’s more! Moms for America—not…
Moms for Liberty Has a Nudity Problem
These books were returned to school library shelves with clothing added.Courtesy Judd Legum Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. Since its initial publication in 1970, millions of children…
Republican Senators Who Ditched Their Jobs to Make a Point Can’t Have Those Jobs Back, State Court Rules
An attendee holds up a sign during a rally calling for an end to the Senate Republican walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on May 11, 2023.Amanda Loman/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court of Oregon on Thursday ruled…