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…
A Federal Judge Just Blocked the Most Common Form of Abortion Nationwide
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions, in a closely watched case with potentially explosive implications for the availability of abortion nationwide, regardless…
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…
Being Gay Shouldn’t Be a Crime, Pope Says
Andrew Medichini/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis has become the first Roman Catholic pontiff to denounce laws that criminalize homosexuality. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” the 86-year-old pontiff told the AP on Tuesday. Laws that criminalize…
How Kevin McCarthy Became the Last “Young Gun” Standing
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the summer of 2011, as Washington deadlocked over the once routine task of raising the nation’s debt ceiling, Kevin McCarthy, then the House GOP whip, decided to mix things up. At a closed-door caucus meeting, the California Republican…
House Speaker Fight Shows Election Deniers Who Tried to Overthrow Democracy Still Control GOP
Scott Perry (R-Pa.) confers with Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during Donald Trump’s first impeachment.Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the first day of the new Congress, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) delivered one of the nominating speeches for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was…