Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

6 days 7 hours ago
The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.
Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland

Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

6 days 9 hours ago
The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.
Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland

Oklahoma Is Finally Trying to Cut Prison Time for Abused Moms

6 days 10 hours ago
A year and a half after Mother Jones exposed how Oklahoma courts were imprisoning mothers for longer than their abusers, state lawmakers passed a bill that could allow some of those mothers’ sentences to be shortened. But this week, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed the legislation. In an award-winning investigation in 2022, I told the story […]
Samantha Michaels