Stop Talking About My Hypothetical Baby’s Skin Color
STRMX2/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey’s highly sought after interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ran in a two-hour prime-time CBS television special. Last year, the royal couple, who have…
New Hampshire Republicans Wage War on Student Voting Rights
Jim Cole/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.New Hampshire has more college students per capita than any other state. Some 167,705 students, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center—spread among the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth…
Deb Haaland’s First Big Challenge at Interior: Homegrown Extremists
Rep. Deb Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat, is poised to become Secretary of the Interior.Illustration: Deandria Mackey/HuffPost; Photos:Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
Biden Will Grant Thousands of Venezuelans Temporary Protected Status to Stay in the United States
Dozen of Venezuelans in DC protest against Maduro.Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a significant policy change, the Biden administration will allow Venezuelans in the United States to apply for temporary protected status…
Georgia Republicans Pass the Most Restrictive Voting Laws Since Jim Crow
Demonstrators chained together protest a House bill restricting voting rights outside of the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta on March 1.Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Following unexpected Democratic victories in…
Biden Takes the First Step Toward Undoing Betsy DeVos’ Title IX Rules
Biden speaks to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault in 2014Saul Loeb/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.President Joe Biden has taken the first step toward dismantling former Education Secretary Betsy…