Is Andrew Cuomo Scared of a New York Victims’ Rights Bill?
Angela Weiss/Getty 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 first time Elizabeth Crothers tried to report being raped, she went to her workplace: the New York State Assembly. It was early 2001, and the man whom Crothers…
How the 2022 Midterms Could be Shaped by a Few Easy-to-Ignore Elections This Year
Democratic candidates for Governor of Virginia debate at Virginia State University on April 6, 2021.Steve Helber/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 most Tuesdays for the last five years, a gaggle of protesters have regularly gathered…
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…
Mississippi Just Banned Trans Athletes. South Dakota Isn’t Far Behind.
A parent protests in South Dakota.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 Thursday, the governor of Mississippi signed into law a bill that prohibits transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams, making it the…
Mississippi Is About to Ban Trans Athletes Over a Hypothetical Problem
Terry Miller (center) was one of two transgender sprinters sued last year for participating in the women’s division.Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media/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.Mississippi legislators on Wednesday sent a bill to the governor’s…