Oklahoma Takes a Step to Help Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence
iStock / Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that will allow courts to shorten the prison sentences of people who can prove they committed their crime because they were experiencing domestic violence—a significant reform in…
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Donald Trump has been in a war with accountability his entire adult life, and accountability has usually lost. In a New York City courtroom on Thursday, accountability triumphed, when a jury of his fellow citizens…
Donald Trump Found Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Trial
Yuki Iwamura/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. A jury of Donald Trump’s peers has found him guilty on all 34 felony counts related to his 2016 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. The historic verdict,…
How the GOP Learned to Hate Divorce, Again
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In April of 2023, right-wing podcaster Steven Crowder announced that he and his wife, Hilary, were divorcing—an event, he explained to listeners of Louder with Crowder, to which he did not consent. She “didn’t want…
Who Can Own a Gun? Hunter Biden’s Trial Highlights Inconsistent, Messy Laws
Mother Jones; Rod Lamkey/NY Post/Zuma; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On June 3, jury selection for the federal trial of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on gun charges is expected to begin. Hunter Biden allegedly lied about past drug use when purchasing…
This Is What a Feminist Looks Like
Mother Jones; Alex Wong/Getty; Elizabeth Donnelly/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When he authored the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade two years ago, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have taken away women’s right to abortion and ability to decide their destiny, while…