The Very Strange Case of Two Russian Gun Lovers, the NRA, and Donald Trump
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For more than a year now, reports have trickled out about deepening ties among prominent members of the National Rifle Association, conservative Republicans, a budding gun-rights movement in Russia—and their convergence in the Trump campaign. Now attention is focused around a middle-aged…
The Florida Senate Is Holding a Special Weekend Session to Debate Arming Teachers
A law enforcement officer talks with students, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building. Wilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Florida Senate is…
Whoopi Goldberg’s Oscar Was Once Found in an Airport Trash Can—and Other Insane Oscar Stories
Illustrations by Jason Schneider Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 90th Academy Awards gala takes place on Sunday, with all the hoopla and scandal the Oscars always entail. From the very first ceremony in 1929, the awards have never been without controversy, and they probably never will—remember last year’s La La…
No, Mass Shooters Do Not Target “Gun Free Zones”
Screen shot from White House video Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day after President Donald Trump convened a remarkable meeting to discuss gun regulations with members of Congress at the White House, he gave the gathering a mixed scorecard. “Many ideas, some good & some not so good, emerged…
This Bill Would Allow College Students To Get a Medication Abortion Without Leaving Campus
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require public university clinics to provide medication-based abortions is halfway to becoming law in California. SB 320, a first-of-its-kind bill inspired by a resolution from students at the University of California-Berkeley, applies to all UC and California State…
Trump and Congress Are Making It Easier for Banks and Companies to Rip Off Black People
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the mid-2000s, Hudson City Savings Bank, a large savings bank in New Jersey, was doing well, earning accolades for its smart management, its “small town” feel, and its relative strength in the face of the brewing financial crisis. It was even…