School Boards Have Long Been a Tool of White Supremacy
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.At raucous school board meetings across the country, disgruntled parents have grabbed the mic to represent the political desires of the Republican Party. Once-innocuous local gatherings have become anti–critical race theory caucuses administered by white people. In…
Rock Stars Continue to Unplug From Spotify Over Covid Misinformation
Friends, Canadians, polio survivors, and Spotify deserters Joni Mitchell and Neil Youngby Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Neil Young–inspired exodus from Spotify continues apace. Last week, the Canadian rock star pulled his music from the streaming service,…
Trump Declares Support for January 6 Insurrectionists
Trump speaks at a rally, Jan. 29, 2022, in Conroe, Texas.Jason Fochtman/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.During a speech at a rally in Texas on Saturday, Donald Trump further escalated his efforts to whitewash the horrific assault on the US Capitol…
Susan Collins Signals She’ll Hinder Crucial Biden Priorities
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Susan Collins, the moderate Republican senator from Maine, has occasionally broken ranks with her party to stand up for what she thought was right. She voted to convict former President Donald Trump at his…
Eight Red States Are Suing to Keep Migrants and Their Kids Apart
A migrant child from Guatemala waits in the McAllan, Texas airport after being released from a US detention center.Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Eight Republican-led states sued Friday to stop a Biden administration program that allows Central American child refugees to legally…
GOP Senator Pans Biden Court Pick as “Beneficiary” of “Racial Discrimination”
Sen. Roger Wicker on a Congressional visit to Kyiv, Ukraine.Pavlo Bagmut/Ukrinform/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Onion headline writes itself: White Man From South Thinks Black Woman Getting Unfair Advantage. In this instance, it’s Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, who told…