Jeff Sessions Has a Huge Conflict of Interest in a Federal Bribery Case—and It Keeps Getting Worse
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Alabama’s junior senator, Jeff Sessions was far more involved than previously known in helping two of his top contributors derail a federal environmental cleanup effort, according to records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Mother Jones and the Project…
Florida Lawmakers Approve Gun Restrictions In Response to Parkland Shooting
20 protesters participate in a die-In rotunda of the Florida Capitol to call for gun restrictions.Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Florida lawmakers approved a package of gun restrictions and school safety measures, defying the National Rifle Association and creating new regulations in response to the deadly Valentine’s…
Elizabeth Warren Calls Betsy DeVos “The Worst Secretary Of Education This Country Has Ever Seen”
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In her first year overseeing the Education Department, Secretary Betsy DeVos has been “a boon for for-profit colleges, student loan companies, and advocates of school privatization,” while harming public school students of all ages, according to a report released Thursday by two Massachusetts Democrats,…
No, Mass Shooters Do Not Target “Gun Free Zones”
Screen shot from White House video Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day after President Donald Trump convened a remarkable meeting to discuss gun regulations with members of Congress at the White House, he gave the gathering a mixed scorecard. “Many ideas, some good & some not so good, emerged…
This Bill Would Allow College Students To Get a Medication Abortion Without Leaving Campus
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require public university clinics to provide medication-based abortions is halfway to becoming law in California. SB 320, a first-of-its-kind bill inspired by a resolution from students at the University of California-Berkeley, applies to all UC and California State…
A New Poll Shows a Dramatic Change in How Americans View Gun Control
Hundreds of students and community activists marched in protest of the inaction of lawmakers on the issue of gun violence, on February 23, 2018 in Tampa, Fla.Monica Herndon/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Back in 2011, after a gunman in Tucson killed six people and wounded 13, including US Rep. Gabrielle…