The FDA Has Approved the First-Ever Pill for Postpartum Depression
PeopleImages/iStock/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill specifically designed to treat postpartum depression, a common condition affecting mothers that can make it harder to bond with a new baby by causing severe despair, anxiety, shame,…
Trump Is Posting Through His January 6 Indictment—and Prosecutors Are Using It Against Him
Mother Jones; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges that he orchestrated a conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss. During the arraignment, Trump agreed he would not try to influence or intimidate…
A Judge Just Blocked the Texas Law Allowing Vigilante Anti-Abortion Enforcement
Protesters march in Austin after the Supreme Court ended the right to an abortion.Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Late on Friday, a judge in Texas issued an pre-trial injunction limiting the reach of the state’s recent anti-abortion measures. While Texas law technically…
Republicans Keep Being Charged for Meddling With Voting Equipment
Brynn Anderson, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former President Trump’s prosecution for alleged conspiracy wasn’t the only election meddling case this week. Two Michigan Republicans were arraigned Tuesday on felony charges related to tampering with voting equipment in an effort to prove that the…
One of Louisiana’s Only Pediatric Heart Transplant Doctors Is Moving Because of Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Courtesy of Jake Kleinmahon Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2007, Dr. Jake Kleinmahon left Westchester, New York, to move to New Orleans and attend medical school at Tulane University. Drawn by the opportunity to help rebuild the city’s medical system in the aftermath…
Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Jan. 6 Conspiracy Charges
Mariam Zuhaib/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol. Now, the man who allegedly fueled the attack is one of them. Former President Donald Trump was…