In 2015, Caitlyn Jenner Wanted Trans Athletes to Play As “Who They Really Are.” What Changed?
Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th Women’s March last year in Los Angeles. DPA/ Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In July 2015, Caitlyn Jenner had just publicly come out as a trans woman. She took…
Watch the New Season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” If Only For This One Flashback
June is being tortured again!Sophie Giraud/Hulu Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.June is screwed. If you’re reading this and you’ve watched even a fraction of an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, you know that this cannot possibly…
Republicans Still Don’t Really Know What to Say About Joe Biden
April 15, 2021, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 15, 2021. The Biden administration imposed a raft of new sanctions on Russia, including long-feared restrictions on buying new sovereign debt, in retaliation for alleged misconduct including…
Planes, Trains, and Working Women
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The carpenters training facility near Pittsburgh looked just like the sort of place where President Joe Biden would roll out a jobs and infrastructure plan. There was the circular saw perched…
The NCAA Signals It Might Remove Championships From States that Target Trans Athletes
Stephen Groves/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Monday, the NCAA made its most definitive statement yet regarding transgender athletes and the flurry of state-level bills seeking to ban them from organized sports. The association’s Board…
Arkansas Just Banned Lifesaving Care for Trans Kids
Thom Bridge/Independent Record/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Monday was a complicated day for transgender rights. While South Dakota’s bill banning trans students from school sports fell apart after the governor’s veto, Arkansas passed a bill…