She Has Investigated Allegations of Sexual Violence in War Around the World. Here’s What She Wants You to Know.
Mother Jones; Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Despite being “the cheapest weapon known to man,” sexual violence in war is “almost always ignored in the history books,” writes journalist Christina Lamb in her 2020 book, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the…
In “Quiet on Set,” Justice Isn’t So Simple
Dan Schneider accepts the lifetime achievement award at the 2014 Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles.Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As a kid, I spent countless hours watching The Amanda Show, a sketch comedy series starring Amanda Bynes that aired on Nickelodeon…
Justice Samuel Alito Falsely Implies Mifepristone Could Cause “Very Serious Harm”
Mother Jones illustration; Eric Lee/CNP/ZUMA; Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Justice Samuel Alito implied that mifepristone—one of the two drugs used in medication abortion, which the Supreme Court will decide whether or not to restrict in what has been billed as “the…
Anti-Abortion Activists Are Peddling Another Lie About Abortion Pills—And We Debunked It
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments next week in the case seeking to restrict the availability of mifepristone, they’ll also hear baseless claims from the anti-abortion side about the role of telehealth abortion in facilitating intimate partner violence.Olga Fedorova/SOPA/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news…
Biden’s Highest-Ranking Trans Official Is Learning the Limits of Representation
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In October, Admiral Rachel Levine gave the keynote address at the national convention for the Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or “PFLAG,” as it’s been known since its founding in the 1970s. Standing before a backdrop…
Let’s Not Take Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills for Granted
Bettmann/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last July, in a win for reproductive justice advocates, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill. This week, the progestin-only pill, Opill, shipped to retailers like CVS and Walgreens. It’s expected to be…