What It’s Like to Celebrate Black History in a State Where It’s Banned
Mother Jones; Julia Nikhinson/Abaca/Sipa/AP; Library of Congress Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.While Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled the country promoting his state’s effort to ban everything from books to student pronouns in what turned out to be a failed presidential campaign, Black community educators…
“Independent” Investigations Into Sexual Abuse Are Big Business. Can Survivors Really Trust Them?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tania Culver Humphrey has spent most of her life grappling with her father’s secrets. In public, her father, Ellsworth Culver, cultivated a reputation as a globetrotting Christian do-gooder. He taught schoolchildren in Cuba, ran missionary programs in the Philippines,…
Researchers Fault Climate Change for 4 Million Deaths Since 2000
Pakistan was lashed by unprecedented monsoon rains in the summer of 2022 that put a third of the country underwater, damaged 2 million homes, and killed more than 1,700 people.AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the early 2000s, as climate denialism was infecting political…
New York State Passes Law That Could Have Counted Trump’s Actions as Rape
Hans Pennink/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation broadening the state’s definition of rape, eliminating the penile penetration requirement. The bill, “Rape Is Rape,” expands the law to include nonconsensual anal, oral, and vaginal sexual contact. Starting in September,…
Why the Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory About Taylor Swift Is Good for American Democracy
Mother Jones illustration; RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/Getty; Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.You probably have noticed all the recent hubbub about Taylor Swift, because we all notice all the hubbub about Taylor Swift. But this spate of hate, though ludicrous, casts a…
A “Political Stunt”: House Republicans Move Forward With Impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans have taken another step toward their unprecedented efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they blame for a migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border. On Tuesday, the Homeland Security Committee…