Republican Governors Just Sent Biden a Letter About Student Debt Relief That Misses the Point
Protestors outside the Education Department in April called on Joe Biden to cancel student debt.Allison Bailey/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a letter sent to the president on Wednesday, nearly half of American governors—all Republican—voiced their opposition to Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan,…
The Looming Rail Strike Was Years in the Making
A Norfolk Southern train in Elkhart, Indiana, last month. David Boe/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rail workers across the country may be on the verge of going on strike for the first time in three decades—a decision that would immediately cripple supply chains…
Fossil-Fuel Boosters Have Criminalized Climate Protests Across America
Raymond Kingfisher and other Indigenous foes of the Dakota Access Pipeline rally in Washington, DC, in March 2017.Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wir This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republican-led legislatures have passed anti-protest laws drafted by an extreme right corporate lobbying group in a third of all…
State and Local Taxes Make Inequality Much Worse
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity. As she opened her $1,600 property tax bill in February, Edith Baltazar suddenly lost her appetite for the eggs she’d prepared for lunch with her daughter. Her…
Abortion Is Galvanizing Voters. Michigan’s Ballot Measure Will Show Us How Much.
Pro-choice supporters gather outside the Michigan State Capitol during a “Restore Roe” rally in Lansing. Michigan’s elections board rejected a voter initiative due to formatting of the petition text for the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and…
Lindsey Graham Thinks National Abortion Restrictions Will Make the GOP Look More Moderate
Ting Shen/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Lindsey Graham is set to introduce a new bill to restrict abortion nationally, specifically banning the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This will mark the sixth time that the South Carolina governor has introduced legislation to restrict…