Trump’s Immigration Plan Is a New Level of Extreme. It Also Gives Biden an Opportunity to Do Better.
President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before Donald Trump became president and presided over some of the most draconian anti-immigrant policies in recent memory, he laid out his vision for the United States. In…
1 Percenters Emit More CO2 Than Bottom 2/3 of Global Population
Markus Spiske/Pexels This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The richest one percent of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66 percent, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of…
“Read With Extreme Caution”: A Journalist’s Guide to Israel-Palestine Media Literacy
Mother Jones; Getty; Photo courtesy of Dina Ibrahim Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Open one social media platform and you’re hit with a fake video; open another and you’re hit with bigotry. Open a news article, and you’ll find some victims “killed” but others…
From Emergency Room to Prison: Health Care Providers Are Most Likely To Report Pregnant People
Alejandro Alvarez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As a new report shows, Patel isn’t alone: Even before the fall of Roe, women were reported by doctors to law enforcement for conducting self-managed abortions, or SMAs. While only one state, Nevada, outright criminalizes SMAs,…
Israel-Palestine Disinformation Is Everywhere. Here’s How You Beat It.
Mother Jones; Getty; photo courtesy of Megan Squire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Open one social media platform and you’re hit with a fake video; open another and you’re hit with bigotry. Open a news article, and you’ll find some victims “killed” but others…
Trump Can Appear on Ballot Despite Engaging in Insurrection, Colorado Judge Rules
Rich Graessle/Icon SMI/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the days after the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, some legal experts began to speculate that a little-known constitutional provision might be used to block President Donald Trump from ever serving a second term.…