Before Roe, a Baptist Preacher Performed Abortions in Secret. Now He’s Helping Texans.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first thing Dr. Curtis Boyd did when he arrived at work one cloudy Monday morning in January was turn on his radio. It was 1973, and Boyd, an ordained Baptist minister, had been providing underground abortions for five…
Walker, Warnock, and the Epic Battle for Georgia’s Soul
Mother Jones illustration; Justin Sullivan/Getty; Brandon Bell/Getty; Mateus Campos Felipe Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.So. Much. Prayer. Kicking off debates, woven into speeches, and emanating from pulpits serving as campaign pit stops, God is everywhere in the Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Sen.…
Christian Nationalists Are Closer Than You Think to Running America
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“You don’t need books!” shouts Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, waving a battered Bible. “This is the only book that’s alive and living!” Applause and cries of “amen” float up from the crowd around me.…
Donald Trump Would Like Jewish People to Be More “Appreciative” of Him—Before It’s “Too Late”
Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump has had it with Jewish people. On Sunday, the former president said on Truth Social that people of the faith have not been “appreciative enough” of all he’s done for Israel and lamented his low approval…
“Alito Was Using Phrases We Had Invented as Bumper-Sticker Slogans in a Supreme Court Decision”
Mother Jones illustration; Lauren Victoria Burke/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This interview is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Interfaith Alliance, a national organization that champions an inclusive vision of religious freedom to protect people of all faiths and none. Religious freedom…
Supreme Court Just Ruled in Favor of the Praying High School Football Coach
Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after his legal case, Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District, was argued before the court. Win McNamee/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The…