A new book takes on the quick rise—and the inequities—of paying health costs through sites like GoFundMe.| Mother Jones
Silicon valley, one of the country's biggest recipients of government largesse, would like to bite the hand that feeds it. Paulina Borsook, a Wired magazine contributing writer, reports on the growth of cyberlibertarianism.| Mother Jones
One voting rights group called it a “MAGA fever dream.”| Mother Jones
A few days before a September 18th pro-charter school rally, Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of Success Academy—New York City’s largest charter school network—dropped in at a new teacher training. The visit was unannounced. Moskowitz had an urgent message for her employees that had nothing to do with pedagogy or classroom management: You need to help […]| Mother Jones
At least one Planned Parenthood affiliate is preparing to drop abortion services in an apparent bid to remain eligible to participate in Medicaid under the GOP budget law enacted this summer. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) is not scheduling abortion appointments beyond September 30, two sources confirm to Autonomy News. Under the Congressional budget’s “defund” […]| Mother Jones
A group of more than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration on Wednesday that expresses “grave concerns” about ongoing removals to so-called “third countries” to which immigrants have no connection. The legislators are requesting that the Trump administration provide “basic information” about the scope of the third country removal program, which […]| Mother Jones
The company’s biometric tech always sounded like it was ripped from the plot of a dystopian thriller, but recently, the iris-scanning system developed by the Massachusetts-based BI² Technologies has become part of the nation’s deportation dragnet. How BI² landed an ICE contract worth as much as $10 million is in part a tale of the […]| Mother Jones
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the 1880s, giant cattle companies turned thousands of cattle out to graze on the “public domain”—i.e., the Western lands that had been stolen from Indigenous people and then opened up for white settlement. In remote southeastern […]| Mother Jones
This past summer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made headlines when he falsely claimed at a Christian conference in Jerusalem that there was “no starvation in Gaza.” A less noted, but also telling, moment came after Netanyahu’s remarks, when Yossi Dagan, a leading advocate for Israeli ambitions to annex Palestinian territory, presented evangelical minister Paula […]| Mother Jones
By any measure, Yael Eckstein is an incredibly effective advocate for Israel. As the president and global CEO of a massive Israel-focused philanthropy, she oversees humanitarian relief, security programs, social services for elderly Holocaust survivors, and Jewish resettlement. On her weekly podcasts, she ties biblical teachings to modern Israel and personal stories from her own […]| Mother Jones
Since President Donald Trump’s rambling Monday announcement about the supposed cause of autism and a purported new treatment, anti-vaccine groups have grappled with what the administration’s latest revelations mean for their movement. While some MAHA activists appeared to be overjoyed that the president had brought their cause to a national stage, others were frustrated that […]| Mother Jones
The US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of the most significant positions in the Department of Justice. Erik Siebert, the federal prosecutor whom President Donald Trump pushed out Friday for declining to prosecute his political enemies, had extensive experience. He is listed as an attorney on 675 federal cases. His replacement, […]| Mother Jones
“This show is not important. What’s important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”| Mother Jones
"They say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one, okay?”| Mother Jones
Speaker Mike Johnson has been talking about it for decades, and now he’s got a larger audience.| Mother Jones
Will the United States abandon lifesaving efforts to research and fight the virus?| Mother Jones
How environmental laws are used to kill climate-friendly development.| Mother Jones
"It's so ugly, it's so cowardly, it's so stupid."| Mother Jones
"If Andrew Bailey can do this much damage in Missouri, imagine what he’ll do with federal power."| Mother Jones
Why are they bringing a teaspoon to a gunfight?| Mother Jones
Rep. Nicole Collier has sued the state legislature for unlawful imprisonment.| Mother Jones
“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced,”| Mother Jones
And hope to gobble up some land near you.| Mother Jones
Trump-friendly lawmakers wrote one of the harshest bans anywhere—with predictable results.| Mother Jones
“At such a critical stage, access to affordable, reliable electricity is paramount."| Mother Jones
Texas Democrat James Talarico on bomb threats, rigged elections, and life on the run.| Mother Jones
Form an undisclosed location, they emphasized the devastating effects of the proposed maps on democracy.| Mother Jones
There’s a shameless stunt at the heart of the Texas redistricting fight. It’s not the quorum-break.| Mother Jones
Advocates have opened a new path to block access to abortion-inducing drugs.| Mother Jones
The GOP wants to fund billionaire tax cuts—and let disabled Americans pay the price.| Mother Jones
After he leaked Zohran Mamdani’s Columbia application data to the New York Times, critics called Jordan Lasker a “eugenicist.” A Mother Jones report shows there’s much more to his backstory.| Mother Jones
The Supreme Court's conservative majority laid the groundwork for extreme partisan gerrymandering.| Mother Jones
Conspiracy theorists allege that there's only one way a Republican Senate candidate could possibly lose in a state Trump won: election fraud.| Mother Jones
Pregnancy Justice's legal director, Karen Thompson, warns: "We are in dangerous territory. This is our reality now."| Mother Jones
It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.| Mother Jones
At least 8 million people would lose coverage, with hundreds of billions slashed from the federal health budget.| Mother Jones
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.| Mother Jones
"Nowhere does it actually say what will happen to anyone who replies."| Mother Jones
“This is a ‘destroy the village in order to save it’ approach," says a former senior USAID appointee.| Mother Jones
What could possibly go wrong with giving the tech mogul access to federal payments?| Mother Jones
Meet the Arizona activists fighting to mobilize one tribal nation.| Mother Jones
In a provocative piece, the American Indian Movement activist lashed out at European "death culture" and the left.| Mother Jones
And why it's making her a flash point in the Democratic Party.| Mother Jones
"Vote-by-mail simply does not work in Native American communities."| Mother Jones
She defended California's death penalty from a court ruling and resisted reinvestigating a troubled capital case.| Mother Jones
We grabbed a few of our favorites. You're welcome.| Mother Jones
The GOP pick for VP has repeatedly criticized women without biological children as "childless cat ladies." Now, they're pouncing on him.| Mother Jones
As conspiracy theories flourish, context is missing on Trump's injury, the shooter's motive, and more.| Mother Jones
The influencers may seem harmless—until you consider them amid the erosion of women's rights.| Mother Jones
His recent biblical reference has long been used by the Israeli far right to justify killing Palestinians.| Mother Jones
The full data set from our in-depth investigation into mass shootings.| Mother Jones
This is what happened when MAGA people thought I was one of them.| Mother Jones
Vaccination levels in the county with the outbreak aren't high enough to protect them.| Mother Jones
Leaked emails give a glimpse of the religious-right networks behind transgender health care bans.| Mother Jones
How lawyers used junk science to explain away stun-gun deaths.| Mother Jones
