Samuel Alito may tolerate taking away a woman's bodily autonomy, but he draws the line at stopping her from flying a flag.

Today, the justice explained he can’t stop his wife from flying a 'Stop the Steal' flag above their Virginia home.motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Samuel Alito supports a woman’s right to make “her own decisions”—when flying flags, that is. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

The new documentary Bad Faith seeks to help answer that question by looking at a crucial reason why American democracy ended up at a precipice: the rise of Christian nationalism. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Eight young people are suing the government of Alaska—the nation’s fastest-warming state—claiming a major new fossil fuel project violates their state constitutional rights.

They say that a $39 billion gas pipeline triple state’s emissions. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

“The story of the Border Patrol’s founding offers a lesson for the century that followed,” Tim Murphy writes, “and a rejoinder to its modern myth: Chaos is not just the absence of a border; it is also the consequence of trying to maintain one.” bit.ly/4aD2Q5h

A new documentary goes behind the scenes of Christian nationalism. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will release several opinions that implicate the health and safety of every American.

From gun safety to reproductive rights, these rulings are going to hit very close to home. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

RIP Bill Walton.

In 1978, we profiled the legendary basketball player, who, at the time, was a Grateful Dead fan who was arrested protesting the Vietnam War. motherjones.com/media/2024/05/…

you can also find our Bill Walton cover in the CIA's files, with a helpful note about another story in the issue, about the Bechtel Corporation cia.gov/readingroom/do…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting the greatest number of named storms this hurricane season since the forecasts began in 1998. motherjones.com/environment/20…

“If you don’t have a border, you don’t have a country,” Trump loves to say.

But for most of US history, we didn’t have a Border Patrol. Its creation, by an immigrant-hating rancher turned congressman, offers a lesson for today’s border security debate: motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

“There is no safe place in Gaza. This horror must stop.”

Israel’s Rafah assault continues with new airstrikes on tent Camps for displaced Palestinians motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Brace yourself for an 'extraordinary' hurricane season motherjones.com/environment/20…

A new documentary goes behind the scenes of Christian nationalism motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

The congressman who helped create the Border Patrol has been mostly forgotten. But the chaos and panic he instilled lives on forever: bit.ly/4aD2Q5h

Amid global outrage over Israel’s devastating attack on a tent camp in Rafah that killed at least 45 displaced Palestinians, Israeli airstrikes reportedly hit another camp killing 21 people.

American officials say it's not enough to stop supporting Israel.motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Conservatives fed up with what they see as the excesses of educational progressivism are now the same culture warriors offering their version of K-12 classical education as a back-to-basics alternative.

And it’s thriving.motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

“If you don’t have a border, you don’t have a country,” Trump loves to say.

But for most of US history, we didn’t have a Border Patrol. Its creation, by an immigrant-hating rancher turned congressman, offers a lesson for today’s border security debate: bit.ly/4aD2Q5h

Israel’s Rafah assault continues with new airstrikes on tent camps for displaced Palestinians.

But American officials say it's not enough to stop supporting Israel. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

The Founding Fathers created a political system that favored an elite minority.

Minority rule is now threatening US democracy like never before. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…