North Carolina House Passes Revised Mask Ban
Mark Bialek/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the North Carolina GOP Representatives passed a mask ban on private property in a crackdown on protesters, even as a new subvariant of coronavirus spreads across the United States. The vote was 69 for…
Right-Wing Campaign Urges Supreme Court to Protect Fossil Fuel Interests
The Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California.Genaro Molina/TNS/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the Supreme Court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars. Some of the groups behind…
Fox News Suddenly Loves the Justice System After Hunter Biden’s Conviction
Mother Jones illustration; Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Roy Rochlin/Getty; Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the moments following Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges on Tuesday, Fox News celebrated the justice system doing its job. They sang the praises of the judge…
Insulin Prices Are Deadly High—But Mutual Aid Is Keeping Diabetics Alive
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Since May 2021, Rebecca Dotson has navigated type II diabetes with the help of mutual aid. Without the right resources—monitoring devices, insulin, and other medications—unmanaged diabetes can, at worst, kill people; it can also lead…
West Bank Midwives Are Facing a Maternal Health Crisis
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The car in front flashes its hazard lights, a signal to alert drivers that there is an Israeli military checkpoint ahead. Niveen Draghmeh sits up a little straighter, her medical ID clasped in her hand. Just a week…
America’s Top 100 Donors Heavily Favor Trump and the Republicans
Trump basks in the love of his supporters at a rally in Phoenix on June 6.Gage Skidmore/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Donald Trump may have lost in the Manhattan court where a jury recently convicted him of 34 felonies, but…