Why Body Cameras Can Still Fail to Hold Police Accountable
Gerry Broome/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On April 21, while attempting to serve a warrant, North Carolina police shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man in Elizabeth City. The entire incident was…
Cities’ Climate Conundrum: How to Shift From Gas to Electric?
Philadelphia city hall and skyline.John Greim/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 1836, Philadelphians mostly used whale oil…
People Are Pulling Some Real Weird-Ass Shit Out of Rivers These Days
Happy Sunday. I’m pleased to inform you that people have been pulling some really weird things out of rivers. In late April, the Fish and Wildlife Service caught—and swiftly released—a 240-pound, 6-foot-10-inch fish in the Detroit River. The female sturgeon is estimated to be more than a century old. “She likely hatched in the Detroit…
New Polls: It Turns Out Americans Like a Normal, Boring President
Drew Angerer/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Americans largely approve of Joe Biden’s performance as president so far, two new polls indicate. The first, released Sunday by ABC and Ipsos, surveyed 513 adults and showed that…
The GOP Really, Really Doesn’t Want Washington, DC, to Be a State
In response to the House passing HR 51, which would make DC the country’s 51st state, Sen. Susan Collins is one of several Republicans to suggest DC become part of Maryland instead. Pool/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of…
Cindy McCain to Republicans: “The Election Is Over”
Cindy McCain wants Republicans to get over Donald Trump’s 2020 loss. When asked on Sunday about an ongoing Republican-backed election audit in Arizona, the wife of late Republican Sen. John McCain called the ordeal “ludicrous.” “The election is over. Biden won,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union. “I know many of…