A Judge Just Halted Efforts to End Immigration Detention in New Jersey
Mother Jones; Aaron M. Sprecher/AP; Detention Watch Network Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Yanet Candelario could feel her body grow tense as she remembered some of her experiences during the 13 months she spent at the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey. A dual…
How the Right Retired “Negrophile”—and Substituted “Woke”
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On June 14, 1862, the New York Times published an editorial titled “The Mystery of Negrophilism.” The essay questioned the origins of white Americans’ “extraordinary interest in the negro” and called the “passion for the American…
The Confusing State of Legal Challenges to Bans on Transgender Healthcare
Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The state of the legal challenges to laws banning gender-affirming care is, and will continue to be, confusing. The latest example is particularly striking. Last Friday, there were two major rulings. In Texas, a judge blocked a…
Greek Asylum Policies are Leading to Migrant Deaths, According to Report
Wildfire near Alexandroupolis, where a prosecutor has been asked to investigate alleged racist violence. Achilleas Chiras/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Refugees and migrants in Greece are facing off against the “two great injustices of our times”, Amnesty International has said, as it linked wildfires and…
Trump Has Already Raised Millions Off His Georgia Mugshot
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s mugshot has powered a historic fundraising blitz for the former president. Trump’s campaign says it has raised $7.1 million since he was processed at an Atlanta jail on Thursday night for attempting to overturn…
At Least One Rich Man North of Richmond Has Now Been Identified
Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A few weeks ago, Oliver Anthony, an extremely red-haired singer-songwriter from Farmville, Virginia, released a single called “Rich Men North of Richmond,” and no one has really shut up about it since. Conservatives, particularly the kind of…