Mother Jones - November/December 2022

In this issue

Tim Murphy reveals how oligarchs, private equity, and petrostates have taken over the world’s greatest game: soccer. Kiera Butler reports on Moms for Liberty, and how the group is upending schools and radicalizing parents. It may even decide the midterms. Plus, from abortion to schools, the GOP is turning everyday citizens into culture war snitches. And, also read about how the FDA is poised to approve the first over-the-counter birth control. What took so long?

TRIGGER MAN

Republican politicians have embraced Donald Trump's incitement to violence

7 mins

CAPITOL EXPRESS

Gov. Greg Abbott bused thousands of migrants from Texas to DC. Here's what became of them.

6 mins

THE LONGEST WAR

Will Black World War II veterans finally get their due?

8 mins

POWER BALL

How oligarchs, private equity, and petrostates took over soccer

10+ mins

Live Laugh Lay Waste

Moms for Liberty is upending schools and radicalizing parents and it could decide the midterms.

10+ mins

Surveillance State

From abortion to schools, the GOP is turning Ben SPIK everyday citizens into culture war snitches.

10+ mins

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

Harm reduction is demonized by conservative media and attacked by lawmakers. This is what it actually looks like.

10 mins

SLIM PICKINGS

Netflix's reality show Love Is Blind promised to ignore looks, but then platformed thin white people anyway.

10+ mins

FREE THE PILL

The FDA is poised to approve the first over-the-counter birth control. What took so long?

3 mins

SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

The case for combining farming and solar energy

3 mins

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