How Trump’s 2024 Campaign Became a Bloody Cage Fight
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late February, after Donald Trump had nearly vanquished the entirety of the Republican primary field, his spokesman, Steven Cheung, took aim at the one opponent still standing. “Birdbrain, are you a liar or just plain stupid?” he tweeted.…
This Is How GOP Signature Matching Laws Harm Disabled Voters
Candace Wicks speaking at a rally, surrounded by other Delta Sigma Theta members, about her experience voting under SB 1. Robin Jerstad/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Candace Wicks believes in the importance of educating people. For three decades, Wicks was an elementary school…
Uganda Cited Dobbs in an Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown. Americans Should Worry Too.
Human rights activists stand outside the constitutional court in Kampala, Uganda.Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The ripple effects of Dobbs continue to emerge in unexpected places—and to threaten other civil liberties. Yesterday, Uganda’s constitutional court, the country’s second-highest judicial body, cited the…
Florida’s Ballot Measure on Abortion Could Give Democrats a Lifeline
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Susan MacManus, a political science professor emerita at the University of South Florida, spoke to a Democratic club in Sarasota about the upcoming election. Despite polling consistently showing that Donald Trump is expected to…
Indonesian Communities Are Reviving Coral Reefs Decimated by Humans
Community members assemble reef stars to aid in coral restoration.The Ocean Agency This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Out among a scattering of islands spilled like beads into the Indonesian shallows, an extended experiment in coral restoration has revealed something marvelous: With a tender touch and a…
A Former State Department Staffer on Why She Publicly Resigned Over Gaza
Palestinians standing next to a vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2024.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Annelle Sheline publicly resigned from the State Department in protest of the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war…