The Christian Groups Fighting Against the Indian Child Welfare Act
Mother Jones; Getty; Library of Congress Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Editor’s note: This short piece accompanied “Forever Home” in the March+April 2023 print edition of Mother Jones. This spring, the US Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide the future of…
Republicans Swing and Miss on Hunter Biden and Twitter
Mother Jones; Drew Angerer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans spent much of their first big oversight committee hearing Wednesday attacking Twitter for denying American voters the chance to look at Hunter Biden’s penis. The lawmakers’ pro-dick-pic position was probably inadvertent. But that is…
Bolsonaro is Living the American Dream: Retired in Florida and Posting on TikTok
Jair Bolsonaro greets people during the Turning Point USA event. Joe Raedle/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Between 2019 and 2022, Jair Bolsonaro governed a country with a population of almost 215 million people, but since losing Brazil’s presidential election to the Worker’s Party’s…
Why Twitter Was Right to Suppress (Some of) the Material From Hunter’s Laptop
Hunter Biden boards Air Force One with the president on Feb. 4, 2023.Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Shortly before Election Day in 2020, Steve Bannon was bragging about his success with the “laptop from hell.” He and his allies had been spreading…
Drowning in Day Care Costs? Under This New Bill, Many Families Would Pay $10 a Day.
Children play at the new Branford Childcare Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday, June 13, 2022.Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The average cost of day care in the US exceeds $10,000 annually for one…
The Case for Legalizing Jaywalking
Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.You don’t have to look far to find people who have been ticketed for jaywalking in American cities. Two of my colleagues eagerly shared their stories of being hit with fines during their morning commutes…