There’s Already an Alternative to Calling the Police
Carl Payne/High Country News For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. As citizens across the country fill the streets to protest police killings of Black people, the violent response from law enforcement…
Look at These Massive Protest Crowds Around the World
People protesting racism and police brutality on Saturday on Paris’ Place de la Republique.Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the third consecutive weekend, marches and protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism are taking place not just in the United States but…
Trump’s West Point Speech Was Another Risky Stunt Involving the Troops
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A West Point graduation ceremony that would not have happened the way it did without the unbidden intervention of Donald Trump finally took place Saturday morning. It was the second time in a month that’s not even halfway over that…
Trump Reschedules Race-Baiting Juneteenth Rally Because Black “Friends” Told Him To
Trump supporters at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on December 10,2019.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After days of public backlash, President Trump gave in to pressure and canceled a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, scheduled for Friday, Juneteenth. In a tweet late…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 12 Update
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The Week Protesters Said Christopher Columbus Can Discover These Hands
After being pulled down by Native American activists, a man kicks the statue of Christopher Columbus as it lays face down on the ground at the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul on Jun 10, 2020.Chris Juhn / ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Another week, another…