Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville Isn’t Convinced That White Nationalists Are Racist
Francis Chung/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update: After facing a barrage of criticism, Tuberville appears to have finally acknowledged that white nationalists are, indeed, racist. Tommy Tuberville, after a day of back-and-forth over his white nationalist comments to @kaitlancollins, tells reporters: “White nationalists are…
SCOTUS OKs Affirmative Action—if It Helps Black Americans Get in “the Bunker, Not the Boardroom”
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday morning, the decades-long conservative crusade to upend affirmative action proved successful. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of race-conscious admissions, finding such programs at the University of North Carolina and…
How People of Color Can Be Pawns for White Power
Mother Jones; LM Otero/AP; Wikimedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Being white is extremely alluring to a certain kind of not white person. I realized this when a relative once proudly told me that Persian people, of which half of my family is, were technically…
Did Elon Musk Unleash Racist Dog Whistles to Woo Tucker Carlson?
Clive Mason/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Elon Musk got on his own website on Saturday and started dog-whistle posting. In a series of reply tweets, he highlighted for his millions of followers thinly veiled racist tweets about Black people doing crime against white…
Gov. Ron DeSantis Restricts Chinese Citizens From Buying Land in Florida
AP /Rebecca Blackwell Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) signed a bill banning Chinese nationals from buying land in Florida. He hopes the bill will go toward “counteracting” the “malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party in Florida,” according to…
Report: Trump Wants to Hire Laura Loomer, a Racist Who Lost Elections
AP Photo/Kathy Willens Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the New York Times reported that former president Donald Trump would be interested in hiring Laura Loomer, despite the concern of potential backlash. Staffers anticipated pushback because Loomer is a bigot. There is no other way to…