Aid Groups Warn of “Bloodbath” After Israeli Forces Seize Rafah Crossing
People inspect destroyed houses following Israeli attacks in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Israeli forces announced on Tuesday that they had seized control of the Rafah border crossing, a vital passageway for transporting aid into Gaza,…
What Happened When Stormy Daniels Finally Met Trump in Court
Mother Jones; Mary Altaffer/AP; Elizabeth Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first criminal trial of a former US president is underway, with Donald Trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments allegedly made in 2016 to cover up an affair…
A New Poll Shows Trump’s Abortion Problem Isn’t Going Away
Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in March.Eric Kayne/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of Donald Trump’s greatest political liabilities as he seeks to return to the White House is his position on abortion. Just last month, Trump rolled out a new stance in…
From Toxic Mold to Fraud: How Privatizing Military Housing Became a Nightmare for Service Members
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In December 2021, Army Sergeant Johny Dudek, his wife, and their 2-year-old son moved into a three-bedroom house next to the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. The Dudeks had a baby on the way, and they…
Without Heat Protections, Florida Laborers Brace for a Cruel Summer
Peter Kneffel/DPA/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For Javier Torres and other workers whose jobs are conducted outdoors in south Florida, the heat is unavoidable. A new law recently signed by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, that prohibits any municipalities in the state from passing heat protections…
New York Is Suing Crisis Pregnancy Centers for Promising “Abortion Reversal”
Mother Jones; Lev Radin/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Abortion rights advocates might be surprised to learn that, in deep-blue New York, anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics. There are more than 120 such centers (known as CPCs, though they also go…