Raising Efficiency Standards for New Home Mortgages Could Save Families a Bundle
Mario Tama/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Buried deep within the minutiae of federal regulation is a seemingly tiny policy switch that, if flicked, would dramatically raise the energy efficiency standard for new homes. Such a move would save homeowners thousands of dollars on their energy…
Rep. Clay Higgins’ Extremely Racist Tweet Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Rep. Clay Higgins in Washington, DC, in 2022. (Tom Williams/Getty) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) posted a mocking, racist tweet about “wild” Haitians practicing “vudu” and flooding into the US from the “nastiest country in the…
Big Tech Would Be Key to Delivering Project 2025’s Anti-Abortion Plans
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If Project 2025 becomes a reality under a second Trump term, there are several ways it plans to further restrict and surveil abortion access nationwide, including criminalizing the mailing of abortion pills and forcing states…
Federal Court Blocks Part of Alabama Voter Suppression Law
Matt Slocum/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, US District Judge R. David Proctor ruled in an injunction that part of Alabama’s voter suppression law SB1—state legislation that made it a felony to assist disabled people in requesting and filling absentee ballots—was an…
Infowars’ Assets Will Finally Be Auctioned to Benefit Sandy Hook Families
Briana Sanchez/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A Texas bankruptcy judge ruled on Tuesday that a plan to sell the assets of Alex Jones’ company Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, can proceed. The profits from the conspiracy-powered media organization’s sale will…
Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of Women Were Prosecuted the Year After Dobbs
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. One night in March of 2023, Amari Marsh went to the bathroom and suffered a miscarriage. “I screamed because I was scared, because I didn’t know what was going on,” she recently recalled. An…