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Gov. Kristi Noem Implies a Raped 10-Year-Old Might Be Forced to Give Birth – Mother Jones

Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, where a trigger law made abortion illegal after Supreme Court’s Roe decision.John Raoux/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. As soon as the Supreme Court overturned the precedent in Roe v. Wade guaranteeing the constitutional […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 3, 2022, 12:56 pm
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in climate change, Climate Desk, Environment, Labor, Politics

Heat Is Killing US Workers as OSHA Takes Its Sweet Time – Mother Jones

Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every year, heat causes at least 170,000 work-related injuries and as many as 2,000 fatalities. It’s one of the top five causes of workplace injuries and deaths, and summers are getting hotter. Despite the growing risk of heat, the Occupational […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 3, 2022, 5:00 am
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A Texas Supreme Court Just Upheld an Abortion Ban From 1925 – Mother Jones

Jose Luis Magana/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. For women seeking abortions in Texas, as well as the network of advocates and medical providers trying to help them, it has been a week of whiplash. They lost the right to […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 2, 2022, 12:39 pm
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Richmond Police Finally Admit to Tear-Gassing Peaceful Protest, Hope No One Notices. – Mother Jones

ob Karp/ZUMA Press Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. On Friday, the Richmond, Virginia, police department sent out an important clarification: Contrary to what it had previously insisted, the protesters they tear-gassed at a Confederate monument in June of 2020 […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 2, 2022, 12:31 pm
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in Marijuana, Politics

Minnesota Just Legalized Edibles After a Republican Didn’t Read the Bill – Mother Jones

Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/ZUMA Press Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. Here’s something you don’t see every day: On Friday, THC-infused edibles and beverages became legal in the great state of Minnesota, after a law containing the legalization measure was included […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 2, 2022, 10:17 am
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in climate change, Climate Desk, Environment, Politics, Science

The Nightmare Politics and Sticky Science of Hacking the Climate – Mother Jones

Getty Images This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One way to fight climate change may be to…do more climate change. “Geoengineering” is a broad term encompassing distinct techniques for hacking the climate, split into two main groups: There’s carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which could mean sucking carbon […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 2, 2022, 5:00 am
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New York Is Expanding Abortion Access. Now It Just Needs to Become Liveable. – Mother Jones

Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Pres Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. New York state didn’t wait too long to respond to the Supreme Court rulings on gun control and abortion. On Friday, after Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul called a special […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 1, 2022, 4:20 pm
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in 2022 Elections, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Pete Buttigieg, Politics, Regulatory Affairs

Complaining About Air Travel Is a No-Brainer for Democrats – Mother Jones

Tony Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. On Wednesday Pennsylvania’s Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman proposed an intriguing new policy idea: What if airlines weren’t so terrible? With non-weather-induced cancellations throwing a big wrench into the […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 1, 2022, 1:50 pm
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in climate change, Climate Desk, Environment, Politics, Supreme Court

The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision – Mother Jones

Getty Images This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In yet another major blow to democratic constitutionalism, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA that the Clean Air Act does not give EPA authority to regulate the power grid as a whole. The decision will likely limit the […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 1, 2022, 1:39 pm
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in 2022 Elections, Donald Trump, January 6, Politics, Republicans

This Is What Liz Cheney Is Up Against In Wyoming – Mother Jones

Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. When Liz Cheney first ran for federal office in Wyoming nine years ago, she was undone, in part, by the simplest faux pas: She had improperly obtained a Wyoming fishing license […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 1, 2022, 12:06 pm
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in Abortion, Congress, Politics, Reproductive Rights

This Is the Republican Roadmap for Eradicating Reproductive Rights – Mother Jones

Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s decision demolishing the constitutional right to an abortion, Republicans have signaled that they plan to take further action to limit, if not eradicate, abortion rights by imposing […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 1, 2022, 9:27 am
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in Abortion, Politics

Democrats Need to Realize That the End of Roe Is About More Than Abortion – Mother Jones

Drew Angerer/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. In the week since the Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right to abortion, President Biden urged people to vote. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said abortion rights are on the ballot. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 1, 2022, 5:00 am