Tommy Tuberville Decries Reparations as Payments for “People That Do the Crime”
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on May 26, 2022. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly /ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) implied Black Americans were “the people that do the crime” in comments railing against…
Judge Blocks State Abortion Ban As Attempt “To Completely Eliminate The Rights of Ohio Women”
Abortion rights advocates gather and march outside the Hamilton County Courthouse after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on July 2, 2022, in Cincinnati, Ohio.Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ohio’s near-total abortion ban will remain on hold as a…
Republican Senate Candidate Says Abortion Decisions Belong to “Gentlemen” State Lawmakers
Mary Schwalm/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc told supporters last week that abortion decisions “belong” to “gentlemen” in the state legislature. At a Wednesday night town hall in Auburn, Bolduc said, “It belongs to the state. It…
Trump’s Big Social Media Deal Could Soon Collapse. So What Went Wrong?
Former President Donald Trump tosses caps to the crowd as he steps onstage during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Patrick Orlando…
A North Carolina Farmer Was Accused of Abusing His Workers. Then Big Tobacco Backed His Election.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story is a collaboration between The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Mother Jones, and Enlace Latino NC. When the tobacco giant Reynolds American cut a check for Brent Jackson’s political campaign in November 2019, it was well aware of…
Lit: President Biden Issues Pardons for Federal Marijuana Possession
Jill Toyoshiba/Kansas City Star/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, President Joe Biden said that he would pardon all prior federal marijuana possession offenses. President Biden announced the change—aimed at remedying the socioeconomic disadvantages that people, particularly Black and brown people, face for…