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A Right-Wing Group Accused NASCAR of Discrimination Against White Dudes. It’s a Blueprint for Trump.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty(2) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It’s not surprising a national legal nonprofit would allege in late 2023 that NASCAR had a diversity problem: Of the 42 drivers on the entry list for the 2024 Daytona 500, for example, only…
Read MoreTrump Aims to Boost Gas Exports. It’ll Probably Increase Your Electricity Bill
President Donald Trump tours a liquid natural gas export terminal in Louisiana during his first administration. Shealah Craighead/White House/Planet Pix/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When former President Joe Biden…
Read MoreTrump’s Plan to Tackle Inflation? An “Affordability Czar”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on March 2, 2025, unveiled the Trump administration’s big plan to bring down prices: An “affordability czar.” Al Drago/Pool/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Sunday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on Face the Nation on CBS to…
Read MoreTrump’s State Department Is Ending Life-Saving Aid Programs Without Review
After the Trump administration moved to freeze nearly $60 billion in foreign aid in January, officials like Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeatedly assured Americans that lifesaving operations would continue. “We don’t want to see anybody die,” he told reporters in early February. Aid organizations the world over scrambled to prove their work saved lives,…
Read MoreTrump’s Order to Make English Official Language Does Nothing But Embolden Xenophobia
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Saturday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order making English the country’s “official language.” The move is a bureaucratic—and largely symbolic—means of enacting Trump’s xenophobic agenda. Practically, it revokes an executive order signed by former…
Read MoreProtesters Crash J.D. Vance’s Vermont Ski Trip
Vance’s vacation follows a disastrous meeting in which President Trump and Vance ambushed Ukrainian President Zelensky.
Read MoreAmid Immigration Raids, Medical Workers Train Up on Constitutional Rights
The lobby at this St. John’s Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles bustles with patients. But community health worker Ana Ruth Varela is worried that it’s about to get a lot quieter. Many patients, she said, are afraid to leave their homes. “The other day I spoke with one of the patients. She said:…
Read MoreEducation Department’s Demise Would Hit Black Student Borrowers Hardest
Not only do Black borrowers owe a disproportionate amount of the national student loan debt, but compared with their white counterparts, they also are more likely to struggle to pay back their loans. Roughly 44 million Americans have student loan debt. Many are worried about what President Donald Trump’s assault on the U.S. Department of…
Read MoreWhat Would It Look Like If Librarians Ran the Government Instead of These Fools?
For Kathy Zappitello, it was the Dobbs decision. For Mary Kunesh, it was the gutting of licensing requirements for school media specialists. For Ilana Stonebraker, an academic librarian who ran for — and won — a seat on the Tippecanoe County Council in 2018, it was the first election of Donald Trump. “I felt it…
Read MoreTrans Travelers’ Passports in Limbo as Lawsuits Against Trump’s Order Play Out
When Grant — a transgender man in the Pacific Northwest — mailed in his passport application in early January before Donald Trump became president of the United States, he thought there would be no issues changing his name and gender for the new document. He had already updated all his documentation in his home state…
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