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How the Right Uses the Bogeyman of “DEI” to Call for Upending Civil Rights Law

Mother Jones illustration; Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Sunday, the New York Times published a front-page investigation into the campaign by a cadre of think-tank-ists on the intellectual right to push state officials to expunge diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from higher…

“Independent” New Hampshire Voters Like Nikki Haley and Loathe Trump. There’s Just One Problem.

Republican presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in Franklin, New Hampshire on January 22, 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The stuffy VFW hall in the Hallmark-esque town of Franklin was swarmed with “independent”…

Welcome to America’s Wealthiest Zip Code

When the US targeted Russia’s oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine, the trail of assets kept leading to our own backyard. Not only had our nation become a haven for shady foreign money, but we were also incubating a familiar class of yacht-owning, industry-dominating, resource-extracting billionaires. In the January + February 2024 issue of our magazine, we…