The Christian Right Finally Wins a Skirmish in a 45-Year War
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The rise of the Christian right wasn’t originally driven by opposition to abortion. It was about state funding of private, Christian, white-only schools. Nearly a half century later, they finally won a measure of victory: The Supreme Court struck down a Montana…
Amy McGrath Wins Kentucky Primary to Take on Mitch McConnell
Lexington Herald-Leader/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After a long primary season redefined by a pandemic and police brutality, Amy McGrath defeated her progressive challenger, Charles Booker, in the US Senate Democratic primary in Kentucky. McGrath will take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. McGrath…
What’s the Deal With School Reopenings?
It’s empty now, but it should it stay empty next year?Cindy Yamanaka/SCNG via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Michelle Goldberg wants to know why New York City is sleepwalking into a second year of school closures: The nightmarish withdrawal of the key social support underlying modern…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 29 Update
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Today’s Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Is Good. It’s Not Great.
Center For Reproductive Rights holds a rally outside the Supreme Court Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Supreme Court decision today to protect abortion rights is undoubtedly a win for reproductive rights advocates. But by no means should it be a signal for them to…
The Supreme Court Just Gave the Trump Administration the Green Light to Execute People
Oliver Contreras/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to take up the case of federal death row prisoners who had challenged the government’s lethal injection protocol, paving the way for the Trump administration to carry out the first executions at the federal…