Crucial Supreme Court Race in Wisconsin Shatters Spending Record
Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The race to fill an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court—and determine ideological control of the highest court in one of the country’s most important swing states—has more than doubled the national record for judicial election…
Anti-Abortion Republicans Are Pushing State Legislation to Undermine Election Results
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Republican Party has a problem: Individual freedom for women to choose how they handle their reproductive health is wildly popular with voters. In last November’s midterms—the first general election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.…
“Cancer Alley” Residents’ Zoning Lawsuit Cites “Racial Cleansing”
Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in ‘Cancer Alley.’Giles Clarke/Getty This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Making the case that their local government was built on a culture of white supremacy, Black residents of St. James Parish in the heart of Louisiana’s “cancer…
The Latest Casualties of Idaho’s Abortion Ban: Babies
Matt York, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An Idaho hospital is ending its labor and delivery services in the wake of a Texas-style, near-total abortion ban signed into state law last year. Citing the state’s “legal and political climate,” Bonner General Health plans to…
62 Way Too Young to Retire, Says Only Rich Country With Falling Life Expectancy
Mylene Deroche/IP3/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.To an American viewer, the current protests over raising France’s retirement age might look a little quaint: the country that once beheaded members of its aristocracy still gets in a tizzy when its president wears an expensive watch.…
Extreme Weather Rips Through Mississippi, Killing Dozens
Rogelio V. Solis/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A powerful tornado ripped through rural Mississippi last night, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more. The tornado hit Rolling Fork—a town with a population of less than 2,000, and the supposed birthplace of…