Oklahoma Just Passed a Bill Banning Abortion After Six Weeks
Sean Murphy/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On Thursday, the Oklahoma House passed a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks. The bill, which was already approved by the state Senate, would take effect immediately after being signed by the governor. The legislation…
Colorado Just Passed a Law Letting Cyclists Run Stop Signs. Your State Should Be Next.
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.If you’re a frequent bike rider, odds are, when you roll up to a stop sign on an empty street, you don’t always actually stop. Instead, you might slow down, look both…
The Big Lie Is Tearing Wisconsin’s GOP Apart
State Rep. Timothy Ramthun listens to Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address in February.Andy Manis/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Even if most Republicans still think Donald Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential race, they seem, by…
Glenn Youngkin Set Up a Tip Line to Snitch on Teachers. It’s Only Gotten Weirder Since.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during a news conference about an executive order establishing K through 12 lab schools at the Capitol Thursday Jan. 27, 2022, in Richmond, Va.Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s only been a week since Gov.…
Public Funding Is Pouring Into Texas’ Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers While Abortion Access Hangs in the Balance
Mother Jones illustration; Getty; Unsplash Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. After finding out she was pregnant last fall, B.Z. made an appointment at a Texas crisis pregnancy center, believing…
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…