Why a Case in Texas on Abortion Exceptions Is a Big Deal
SUZANNE CORDEIRO/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Texas heard arguments in a suit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging the state’s abortion ban—the case could have ripple effects across the country as state courts wrestle with…
Henry Kissinger, Dead, Is Suddenly Big on LinkedIn
Henry Kissinger’s death at 100 on Wednesday, after a storied career drenched in blood and unchecked war crimes, has sparked both dutiful tributes and notes of justified revulsion from around the world. But in one corner of the internet, merchants of corporate aspiration have been activated, celebrating what appear to be random encounters with the former…
Have COPs Outlived Their Usefulness?
Gehad Hamdy/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Diplomats, academics, and activists from around the globe will gather yet again this week to try to find common ground on a plan for combating climate change. This year’s COP, as the event is known, marks the…
Dead at 100, Henry Kissinger Leaves Behind a Bloody Legacy
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, seen during a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in 2006, died at the age of 100 on November 29, 2023.Sergey Ponomarev/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Do not speak ill of the dead. That’s an honorable admonition.…
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Challenger Says the Congresswoman Is Not “Attractive Enough” to Hold Office
Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels poses at his home in Minneapolis earlier this month.Steve Karnowski/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, one of the primary challengers to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), mentioned a reason he thinks…
Koch Network Endorses Haley to Defeat Trump. But the Biggest Loser Is Ron DeSantis.
Matias J. Ocner/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the first time in its two-decade history, Americans for Prosperity Action—an influential conservative organization backed by Charles Koch—has weighed in on the GOP presidential primary, crowning Nikki Haley as the best candidate to beat Donald Trump.…