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An Epic Battle Over 1 Mile of Land in Wisconsin Is Tearing Environmentalists Apart
Judge William M. Conley watched as the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line inched toward the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge—a 240,000-acre bird sanctuary through which the fully funded power project lacked the permits to pass. By January 2022, he’d seen enough. It “amounts to little more than an orchestrated trainwreck,” Conley, an Obama-appointed federal judge from the Western District of Wisconsin, wrote in a scathing 23-page opinion that delayed construction.
A Nurse on the Scene Inside Rafah’s Last Maternity Hospital
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. At the last maternity and neonatal hospital in Rafah, the devastation has already arrived. “There is no safe place in Gaza from a healthcare perspective—and beyond,” Bridget Rochios, a certified nurse-midwife from California volunteering at Al-Helal Al-Emirati Maternity Hospital told me.
Report: Trump Promised to Scrap Climate Laws if US Oil Bosses Donated $1 Billion
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US...
Republican-Led States Across the Country Are Copying Texas’s Radical Anti-Immigration Law
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On April 30, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma signed HB 4156, enabling state law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants. The measure was, in many ways, radical. For more than a century, immigration enforcement has been almost exclusively the domain of the federal government. But, across the country, Republicans on the state level are attempting to undo settled law to take immigration policing and deportations into their hands.
A Gay Couple Is Suing New York City Over IVF Denial
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The city of New York is discriminating against its gay male employees by denying them the same health care benefits as women and straight men, a new lawsuit alleges. Under the city’s insurance, employees are entitled to coverage for up to three rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in their quest to have children—that is, unless they are gay men.
Environmentalists Are Having a Cow Over Tyson Foods’ “Climate Friendly” Beef
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. About five miles south of Broken Bow, in the heart of central Nebraska, thousands of cattle stand in feedlots at Adams Land & Cattle Co., a supplier of beef to the meat giant Tyson Foods.
What You Should Know About Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s New “Build Green” Bill
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Although the nation has seen record federal investment in infrastructure under President Joe Biden, the majority of the funds are flowing to roads and bridges—not to projects that will clean up the transportation system, those tracking the spending have found.
“Antisemitism” vs. “Anti-Semitism”: The Style Debate Is Settled, But the Hate and Harm Are Rising
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “Is it antisemitism or anti-Semitism?” a Mother Jones reporter asked me last week, a question freshly in focus as campus protests grow. It’s been six months since the FBI announced that antisemitism (by any style) is at historic levels, and three years since the Associated Press, the New York Times, and several other news organizations changed “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism,” or expressed support for the switch. The style debate is effectively settled (lowercase appears to have won, and the hyphen appears to have lost), even as disputes over its definition and prevalence engulf campuses.
Aid Groups Warn of “Bloodbath” After Israeli Forces Seize Rafah Crossing
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, prompting intense condemnation from international aid groups warning that the humanitarian crisis would be significantly exacerbated.
What Happened When Stormy Daniels Finally Met Trump in Court
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 he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s the latest—the key updates and absurd moments—from the historic trial.
A New Poll Shows Trump’s Abortion Problem Isn’t Going Away
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 an attempt to neutralize the issue, switching from support for a national ban to leaving its legality up to the states. “Whatever they decide must be the law of the land, and in this case, the law of the state,” Trump said.
From Toxic Mold to Rampant Fraud: How Privatizing Military Housing Became a Nightmare for Soldiers
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 figured that living in military housing would help them save up for their growing family.
Kristi Noem Takes Aim at Second Target: Biden’s Dog
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Fresh off the heels of attracting bipartisan repulsion over the admission that she killed her own dog, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday suggested that President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, should also be killed.
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