For Years, Trump Has Evaded Trial for Sexual Assault. That Changes Today.
Mother Jones; Seth Wenig/AP; Eva Deitch/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Six and a half years ago, the tape that should have ended his political career was published by the Washington Post, and Donald Trump survived it. “I just start kissing them. It’s…
Did the Biden Administration Just Help Trans Athletes—Or Legitimize Their Exclusion?
Children, parents and several Democratic lawmakers rally at the south steps of the Texas Capitol in April 2021, criticizing several anti-transgender bills winding their way through the 87th Legislature.Bob Daemmrich/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thursday was a whirlwind day for the…
Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On a Saturday afternoon in August 2019, South Dakota Republican state Rep. Fred Deutsch sent an email to 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers with the text of a bill he planned to introduce that would make it a felony…
Utah Just Became the First State of 2023 to Ban Gender-Affirming Care
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Kennedy, second from left, sponsored legislation banning gender-affirming careRick Bowmer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth and placing an indefinite moratorium on hormone treatment for minors who…
The Abortion Pill’s Secret Money Men
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1993, a group of activists rented a warehouse in suburban Westchester County, New York. It was smaller than they’d hoped and had limited ventilation, but the two other locations they’d tried to rent belonged to universities and required…
Hundreds of New York Women Are About to Sue Alleged Rapists (and Enablers) Under a Revolutionary New Law
Kena Betancur/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years, former president Donald Trump has been able to push off a lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, a writer and advice columnist who says he raped her in a department store dressing room…