“Please Don’t Kill Me,” Angelo Quinto Pleaded. The Cops Kneeled on His Neck for Four Minutes.
The Quinto-Collins family. Angelo Quinto is at far right.Law offices of John Burris 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.Angelo Quinto had two fears: death and the police. He always told his mother to comply with the…
Senate Parliamentarian Kills the Dream of a $15 Minimum Wage—for the Moment
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma 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.In a major blow to Democrats’ plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, the Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that the proposed increaser can’t…
The House Just Voted to Protect Gay and Transgender Rights
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference before the House votes on the Equality Act.Rod Lamkey/CNP/Zuma 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.The US House of Representatives voted 224–206 Thursday afternoon to pass the Equality Act,…
“Illegal Alien” No More: The Biden Administration Drops the Label
“Drop the I-Word” launched in 2010 as a campaign to change “illegal alien” and “illegal immigrant” to “undocumented immigrant” and other terms, a call answered by the Biden administration.Manuel Navarro/Picture Alliance/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…
Why Do Meatpacking Workers Face Such Gruesome Conditions?
Workers process pork at a Tyson plant in Storm Lake, Iowa. Tyson Foods 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.So far during the coronavirus pandemic, 284 meatpacking workers have died from the virus, and 57,453 have tested…
Voters of Both Parties Want to Ditch Plutocracy and Election-Rigging
People protest gerrymandering outside the Supreme Court in 2017.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom/Zuma 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.A sweeping bill that would prevent partisan gerrymandering, limit money in politics, and expand voting access has broad bipartisan support,…