Lawmakers Are Finally Taking Action to Prevent Kids From Being Warehoused in Psych Hospitals
Mateo Jaime, who spent two months at a psychiatric hospital as a foster child, speaks at an Alaskan legislative hearing Thursday.Mother Jones illustration; Alaska State Legislature; Ash Adams Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It was 2018 when Mateo Jaime was admitted to North Star…
It’s Not Just Sandy Hook. Aaron Rodgers Has Some Very Strange Thoughts About…Buildings.
Perry Knotts/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, CNN’s Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper reported that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers—who is (or at least was) reportedly being considered as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential running mate—had told at…
Justice Ginsburg’s Family Decries Bestowing RBG Award on Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch
Mother Jones; John Minchillo/AP, Jessica Hill/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced the 2024 recipients of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award. The winners: businessman Elon Musk, right-wing media kingpin Rupert Murdoch, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart,…
Fani Willis Can Remain in Charge of Trump Prosecution in Georgia
Fani WillisNatrice Miller/TNS/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee the Georgia criminal prosecution of Donald Trump, so long as the special prosecutor she hired for the case, Nathan Wade, steps aside, a Georgia judge ruled…
We Exposed the Mormon Church’s Protection of an Ex-Bishop Accused of Sexual Abuse. He Was Just Arrested.
Rick Bowmer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1999, John Goodrich, an Idaho dentist who was also a bishop with the Mormon church, accompanied his teenage daughter Chelsea on a school field trip to the East Coast. During a stay in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia,…
RNC Hires Prominent 2020 Election Denier as Its “Election Integrity” Lawyer
Christina Bobb, right, interviews fellow election denier Kari Lake at a 2022 rally.Gage Skidmore/Flickr Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A prominent election denier who wore multiple hats while aiding GOP efforts to overturn the 2020 election will serve as a top lawyer at the…