The Country’s Most Conservative Court Just Reinstated a Jim Crow-Era Voter Suppression Law
Members of voting rights groups hold signs calling for protection of voting rights at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Dec. 7, 2023. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The most conservative appellate court in the country on Thursday reinstated a…
Wait, Why Did Trump Take a Jab at the “Dictator” Conservatives Love Last Night?
Mother Jones illustration; Salvador Melendez/AP; Aude Guerrucci/MAXPPP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In February, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, fresh out of a landslide reelection victory, was welcomed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with a standing ovation. “You’re a true leader,”…
Will Ohio Strike Down Its Draconian Gender-Affirming Care Ban?
A transgender rights advocate holds a sign outside the Ohio Statehouse during a protest against a bill to ban trans girls and women from playing women’s sports. Stephen Zenner/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The fate of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in…
Israel’s Settlements Violate International Law, Says Top UN Court
The International Court of Justice delivered a non-binding ruling on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Friday July 19.ANP/Zuma Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The International Court of Justice, the body that rules on…
It’s a Workers’ Party Now?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the first night of the Republican National Convention, I settled into a seat in the upper levels of Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum to watch the most incongruous political address of my life. The speaker was Sean O’Brien, the…
The Republican National Convention Was a “Man’s World”
Nate Gowdy/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former president Donald Trump walked out onto the floor at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night with a raised fist and a still-bandaged ear, a reminder of the assassination attempt he survived last week.…