Kiera Butler
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The Company Offering Free Healthcare to East Palestine? It’s a Right-Wing, Anti-Vax Project
The Wellness Company's top brass are leaders in the "medical freedom" movement. → Read More
The Christian Groups Fighting Against the Indian Child Welfare Act
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Editor’s note: This short piece accompanied “Forever Home” in the March/April 2023 print edition of Mother Jones. This spring, the US Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act, the 1978 landmark law that strengthened tribes’ rights to keep… → Read More
The Far-Right Bounty Hunter Behind the Explosive Popularity of “Died Suddenly”
How Stew Peters parlayed conspiracy theories into viral documentaries and a massive following. → Read More
Meet Ron DeSantis’ New “Public Health Integrity Committee”
Seasoned anti-vax, anti-Covid-protections advocates. → Read More
Why Did Florida Divest Billions From BlackRock? A “Woke” Conspiracy Theory.
And how the moral panic over ESG went mainstream. → Read More
Hospitals Are Full of Kids Sick With RSV—And Anti-Vaxxers Think It’s a Hoax
Different virus, same old disinformation. → Read More
DeSantis’ Policies Are Terrible for Moms. He Convinced Them Otherwise.
Fear triumphed over facts. → Read More
Polio? Measles? Florida Is Flirting With an Anti-Vaccine Apocalypse
Thanks, DeSantis. → Read More
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s District Is Bluer Than You’d Think
In a place between worlds like Paulding County, change happens gradually. → Read More
DeSantis Is Slamming Covid Vaccines. Here’s Why.
“It’s a little bit of a dance between him and Trump right now.” → Read More
Moms Against Libraries
The crusade to ban books has reached a fever pitch. → Read More
Inside Anti-Abortion Groups’ Campaign to Sell Women on Unreliable Birth Control “Alternatives”
In a post-Roe world, their misleading messages could have disastrous consequences. → Read More
The Truth About Those Viral Tweets Questioning the Omicron Boosters’ Safety
Contrarian physicians aren't neutral sources of information. → Read More
Pre-K Went Virtual During the Pandemic. For Some, It May Stay That Way.
Online early childhood programs are taking off—but educators have doubts. → Read More
The Most Powerful Moms in America Are the New Face of the Republican Party
Their crusade against public education is just the beginning. → Read More
Now the Far Right Is Going After School Counselors
They've been called pedophiles, groomers, and "recruiters for the Transgender Cult." → Read More
Inside the Powerful Anti-abortion Campaign to Convince You That Everything Is Just Fine
Be careful of what you read about miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies right now. → Read More
IVF Worked, and 2 Embryos Remain. Soon She May Not Be Allowed To Decide What Happens to Them.
The Roe decision has unexpected implications. → Read More
How American Influencers Built a World Wide Web of Vaccine Disinformation
“You get the distinct feeling that there is a massive sea change occurring.” → Read More
Monkeypox Disinfo Is Just Like Covid Disinfo—Plus Homophobia
“They probably know full well what they are doing.” → Read More