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Abortion Pills Will Be Crucial in a Post-Roe World. But They’re Not the Magic Fix Many Think They Are.

Mother Jones illustration; Jeff Roberson/AP; Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Ever since it became evident that Roe is likely to fall in the coming weeks, activists and folks who are generally interested in preserving abortion access have heralded medication abortion as…

Florida Is Banning “Social Justice” From its K-12 Textbooks

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts after signing HB 7, dubbed the ”stop woke” bill, in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, on Friday, April 22, 2022. Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Florida textbooks may no longer teach “social…

EPA Has Finally Opened Civil Rights Investigations Over Pollution in “Cancer Alley”

Emily Kask/AFP/Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened a series of civil rights investigations into state agencies in Louisiana to examine whether permits granted in the highly polluted industrial corridor, known locally as Cancer Alley, have violated Black citizens’…