“Even if You Win, You Stay Locked Up”: How ICE Uses Appeals to Keep Immigrants in Detention
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Sara Mendez-Morales had lost almost all hope. It was a cold stretch in early February, and she had spent nearly six months in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Butler County Jail, a…
They Went to Bible College to Deepen Their Faith. Then They Were Assaulted—and Blamed for It.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Megan Wohlers thought she had done all she needed to do. And even if she had missed something, she thought, she was on a Christian campus, full of other believers—someone would certainly intervene. It was the fall…
California to Become First State to Ban Nonconsensual Condom Removal—or “Stealthing”
picture alliance/Contributor/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.California is on the cusp of becoming the first state to outlaw “stealthing,” the depressingly common practice of removing a condom during sex without verbal consent. Earlier this week, lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a…
How the Pandemic Prepared Texas Abortion Networks for the Worst
Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Anna Rupani woke up last Wednesday to grim news: Texas, her home state, now banned abortion after six weeks of pregancy—effectively barring 95 percent of procedures. The night before, she’d waited anxiously for a last-minute…
The Texas Abortion Ban Is Just the Beginning
A protester holds a sign outside the Texas state capitol in May 2021.Sergio Flores/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday and Tuesday, the rain in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was relentless. But on Wednesday morning, Hurricane Ida retreated for a little while, the…
It Was Never Easy to Be an OB-GYN in Texas, But Now It’s a Nightmare
In May 2021, thousands of protesters came out in response to a new Texas bill outlawing abortions after six weeks.Sergio Flores/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last night, when I was up too late doomscrolling through Twitter while mourning the demise of women’s…