Why the GOP Can’t Quit Donald Trump (Hint: Look at Its History)
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If only the Republicans could get rid of Donald Trump, it could return to normal. This is a common refrain they you often hear from pundits and members of the political class, or maybe from a relative…
In One Year, Child Poverty in the United States More Than Doubled
AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United States’ poverty rate experienced its largest one-year jump on record last year, with the rate among children more than doubling from 2021’s historic low of 5.2 percent to 12.4 percent according to new numbers from the US Census…
Small Island Nations Take World’s Biggest Emitters to Court
Seawater encroachment from rising sea levels on the island of Funafuti, Tuvalu.Kyodo News/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a landmark hearing, small island nations disproportionately affected by the climate crisis are taking on high-emitting countries in a court in Hamburg, Germany, in what is being…
Restore Roe, or Go Beyond It? The Question Is Fracturing the Abortion Rights Movement
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not long after Election Day last November, Pamela Merritt joined a call with other abortion-rights activists in Missouri to discuss a daring proposal: sidestepping the state’s ruling Republicans by directly asking voters whether to add abortion rights to their…
Russian Military Continues to Kill Aid Workers in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian military, on September 4. AP Photo/Libkos Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Russian military killed two foreign aid workers in eastern Ukraine this weekend and injured two more, launching a missile…
Morocco Death Toll Surpasses 2,100 After Worst Earthquake in a Century
A woman cries in the rubble in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, Morocco. Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In Morocco, rescuers continued rushing to reach survivors in remote mountain villages on Sunday, after the worst earthquake to…