Jamilah King

1 week ago | motherjones.com | Jamilah King

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently denied a request from health officials in Milwaukee to investigate a lead poisoning crisis in that city’s aging schools. Instead, the city’s 67,500 public school students seem to be caught in the crosshairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to massively overhaul the Department of Health and Human Services.

Aug 24, 2024 | motherjones.com | Jamilah King

The federal government will once again make free Covid tests available this fall, just in time for flu season. The at-home test kits will be ready to order at COVIDtest.gov at the end of September. Households can ask for four tests at a time. The Biden administration made the announcement on Friday, one day after the FDA announced the approval of two new vaccines to help protect people from new strains of the virus.

Aug 22, 2024 | motherjones.com | Jamilah King

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for president on Thursday night in Chicago. It was a historic moment for the country and for Harris, who is now the first Black woman and first Asian-American to earn a major party nomination for president. In the most important speech of her political life, Harris didn’t linger in the applause—which lasted several minutes. “Let’s get to business!” she said, turning to her speech.

Aug 21, 2024 | motherjones.com | Jamilah King

Former first lady Michelle Obama gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday night. In it, she reminded America of her own experiences with in vitro fertilization and took some not-so-subtle jabs at Donald Trump. For Obama, the night was personal because Chicago is her hometown. Her mother, Marian Robinson, died at 86-years-old in May.

Jul 21, 2024 | motherjones.com | Jamilah King

On December 19, 2023, the vice president’s office quietly launched a new policy initiative. “Kamala Harris will embark on a nationwide reproductive freedoms tour,” read the press release, “to continue fighting back against extremist attacks around the country.”Harris supporters have worried throughout her time as second-in-command that the Biden administration has saddled her with unwinnable issues, like voting rights and immigration.