DOJ: State of Alaska Discriminates Against Voters With Disabilities
Residents in Anchorage, Alaska wait to vote.Mark Thiessen/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday, the US Department of Justice sent a letter to Alaska’s director of elections, outlining the state’s litany of violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act that impacted disabled…
About That IVF “Alternative” GOP Senators Are Trying to Fund
A doctor fertilizes a woman’s eggs. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last week, Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would designate federal funds for “Restorative Reproductive Medicine,” a loose group of therapies meant to help treat infertility without…
He’s a Car Dealer With a Surprising Business Record. He’s Also Running for Senate in Ohio.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The 2015 Aston Martin Vulcan can go from zero to 60 in 2.9 seconds and maxes out at 208 mph. Only 24 of the two-door, two-seater carbon-fiber British speedsters were ever made, each with a $2.3 million price…
Fish, Toads, and John Eastman: Inside the Conservative Project to Undo Federal Environmental Laws
Among the most consequential decisions in the hands of the Supreme Court this term is a pair of lawsuits involving herring fishermen. On the surface, the nearly identical cases are simple disputes about fishing regulations. But they also have the potential to completely rejigger how federal agencies mediate everything from food and agriculture to taxes…
The Shocking Discovery That Suddenly Made Reparations Deeply Personal for One Woman
40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles, only to take the land back. Read more here and listen to a three-part audio investigation here. Ruth Wilson squinted through her browline glasses at the image of a smudged, crumpled document on the computer screen. “To all…
A Warning Label for Social Media Could Also Save Kids From Gun Violence
A boy and his father using a video game-style gun at the NRA convention in 2013. Johnny Hanson/ Houston Chronicle/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called on Congress to require a warning label for social…