Mike Johnson Conducted Seminars Promoting the US as a “Christian Nation”
“The government has replaced the Creator,” Mike Johnson said in a 2019 seminar appearance. “Government is becoming God.” He is pictured here addressing the House chamber after winning the speakership this month.Tom Williams/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected…
The Most Powerful Man in the House Doesn’t Like Divorce
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Newly minted Speaker of the House Mike Johnson thinks it’s too easy to get divorced, and he’d like to change that. “In my generation, all we’ve ever known is the no-fault scheme, and any deviation from that…
A 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Boy Was Fatally Stabbed Inside His Home
Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume.Jim Vondruska/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The family of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who was fatally stabbed inside…
Massive Changes Could Be Coming From the Vatican. Conservative US Catholics Are Mad as Hell.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, hundreds of delegates from around the world began a monthlong meeting as part of Pope Francis’ “Synod on Synodality”—a gathering to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. It could radically change the religion. The group is considering groundbreaking alterations…
Baylor University Is No Longer Required to Protect Queer Students From Sexual Harassment
Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Biden’s Department of Education has granted Baylor University a religious exemption to Title IX provisions that hold schools accountable for sexual harassment against LGBTQ students, despite the university’s troubling history of alleged Title IX violations.…
She’s a Prophet. She’s a Theocrat. She’s the Most Powerful Lobbyist You’ve Never Heard Of.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Every Monday, Abby Abildness leads her “Penn’s Sacred Challenge Tour,” a guided walk through the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg. On the day I join, a group of stylish and well-behaved Christian homeschoolers trail her through marbled hallways, beneath mosaic…