The New York Times Just Revealed Betsy DeVos’ Plan to Let Colleges off the Hook for Sexual Assault
Olivier Douliery/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering new rules on campus sexual misconduct that would change the definition of sexual harassment on college and university campuses and raise legal standards for proving that schools mishandled complaints about sexual assault and harassment, according to a report published Wednesday by…
Representation on the Small Screen: What Does It Mean to Feel Seen?
A scene from On My Block.Netflix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As a young woman of color growing up in Stockton, California, I never really felt seen on TV shows. If I’m honest, I wasn’t looking for representation either: I had grown to accept mainstream media as predominantly white. Friends…
California is One Step Closer to Requiring Colleges to Offer Medication Abortions
Pile of white pills on blue backgroundGetty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require California’s public universities to provide students with medication-based abortions is one step away from becoming law after passing the state Assembly today. It will head back to the Senate for a final concurrence…
Republican Super PAC Tries to Tie Dem Candidate to “Terror High”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Well, now, here’s an odd story. A Super PAC associated with Paul Ryan seems to have gotten hold of the entire federal security clearance application for a Democratic candidate challenging Dave Brat’s seat in Virginia. This is a sensitive and highly classified document, of course,…
Don McGahn Is Leaving the White House
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. White House counsel Don McGahn will leave his position following the likely confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this fall. President Donald Trump announced the news in a tweet Wednesday morning, shortly after Axios first reported that McGahn was planning to leave and…
You Can Do Everything Right and Still Get Screwed: Student Debt Forgiveness Gone Horribly Wrong.
Sezeryadigar/Herianus/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On this week’s episode of the Mother Jones Podcast, the rage-inducing inside story of America’s student debt machine: how the nation’s flagship loan forgiveness program is failing the very people it’s meant to help. You’ll hear disturbing firsthand accounts of how the mismanaged Public Service Loan…