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- Trump’s Promise to End Vote-By-Mail Is Yet Another Attack on Disabled Voters
On Monday morning, President Trump returned to a longtime fixation, posting on Truth Social that he was “going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS” by “signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.” The post came just after Trump’s Friday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin—not known for his love of free and fair elections—who allegedly counseled Trump that “your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting,” a message Trump promptly relayed to Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Trump already led a movement to get rid of mail-in ballots, helping to push for a spate of anti-voter state laws both in the run-up to the 2020 election and after his loss. But each successive crackdown strips voting rights from disabled and aging voters, who disproportionately rely on absentee ballots and voter assistance laws to participate in democracy. Some experts question… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - States Sue Over DOJ Demand to Hand Crime Victims to ICEMore than 20 state attorneys general have filed suit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), alleging the Trump administration is unlawfully seeking to withhold critical funds for crime victims from states and nonprofits deemed noncompliant with its draconian immigration enforcement efforts. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Rhode Island on Monday, centers on three notices that DOJ posted last month for funding allocated by a decades-old law called the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). As I previously reported for Mother Jones, those funds have long been a critical source of support for organizations including domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child advocacy centers, which use the money to run emergency shelters and hotlines and provide therapy services, legal advocacy, and court accompaniment to abused people, particularly women and children. Another bucket of VOCA funding also goes directly to crime victims, who can use the funds for… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago
- Anti-Abortion Playbook, Flipped: Arkansas Abortion Fund Opens Its Own “Crisis Pregnancy Center”For nine years, Karen Musick stood outside the Little Rock Family Planning Services clinic in Arkansas, protecting women arriving for their abortion appointments from anti-abortion protesters who regularly gathered there. After retiring from her job as a loan specialist with the Small Business Administration, Musick was filled with purpose as a clinic escort volunteer. “I remember thinking on a Saturday morning, while I’m being called the devil and a murderer and all these things,” she recalls, “that I’m doing exactly what God wants me to do.” In 2022, when Roe v. Wade was overturned and the total abortion ban in Arkansas went into effect that summer, the Little Rock clinic shut down. But Musick had found another way to contribute to the pro-choice movement by co-founding the Arkansas Abortion Support Network, which helps pregnant women travel out of state for abortion care. The clinic’s owner allowed them to work… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
- Choose Your Child or Choose Recovery: The Impossible Decision Facing Addicted MothersThis article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. April Lee was still functional in her opioid addiction, still walking her kids to school in Philadelphia, preparing her infant daughter’s bottles, when a sexual assault sent her teetering over the edge. She had been drugged at a bar and couldn’t identify her attacker. After going to the hospital for help, Lee received a referral to a rape crisis center. But she couldn’t fathom peeling open the trauma, and rehab was also not an option. If she left for treatment, who would take care of her kids while she was gone? Instead, she coped the way she knew how—with substances. “You take them and you don’t feel anything,” Lee said. “I was able to take the kids back and forth to school. Go to the laundromat, go to the corner store.… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
- Is Trump’s America Ready for Hurricanes?This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The peak of the hurricane season is upon us and forecasters are still anticipating higher than normal levels of activity, despite a relatively calm season so far. As of Wednesday afternoon, Tropical Storm Erin is churning in the Atlantic Ocean and moving toward the Caribbean, likely to become the season’s first hurricane, a storm with sustained winds above 74 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center says it’s too early to predict the storm’s impacts but advises people on the East Coast of the US “to ensure your preparedness plans are in place.” The hurricane season officially runs from June 1 until November 30 and typically has 14 storms strong enough to be named, meaning with wind speeds above 39 mph. This year is anticipated to be busier than usual, with forecasters expecting up to 18 named storms, and… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
- Federal Budget Cuts Are Forcing Volunteers to Clean National Forest ToiletsThis story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a private ranch in southeastern Wyoming in mid-June, mud squelched under our sterilized muck boots as we searched for one of North America’s most endangered amphibians. Adult Wyoming toads, raised in captivity by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, have been released here for years, and I had volunteered to help count how many had survived and reproduced. Along with several other volunteers, three Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees and a Fish and Wildlife Service seasonal technician, I slowly scanned the marshy banks. About an hour into the search, I caught a little brown toad with a very grumpy face as it hopped from land to water. Wearing disposable blue gloves, I held the toad as the technician scanned for a pit tag; she found none, suggesting that the animal had… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
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