Guards Pepper-Spray Protesting Asylum Seekers at an ICE Detention Center
People in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody participate in outdoor recreational activities at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana used by ICE, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Guards at an immigration detention center in Louisiana pepper-sprayed asylum seekers this week who…
Young Voters Want Elizabeth Warren as Biden’s VP
Elizabeth Warren in Nashua, New Hampshire, on February 5, 2020.Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Joe Biden doesn’t really have any electoral weaknesses, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. The results, released Wednesday, put Biden 14 points ahead of Trump, beating him…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 24 Update
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Slavery Existed in Illinois, But Schools Don’t Always Teach That History
A visitor looks over Confederate Mound, a memorial to more than 4,000 Confederate prisoners of war who died in captivity at Camp Douglas and are buried around the monument in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom…
The Trump Files: Donald’s Recurring Sex Dreams
Mother Jones illustration; Shutterstock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This post was originally published as part of “The Trump Files“—a collection of telling episodes, strange but true stories, and curious scenes from the life of our current president—on August 10, 2016. It’s not generally hard to ascertain…
Secret Service Agents Quarantined After Tulsa
The fuckwit-in-chief at his rally in Tulsa last week.Tyler Tomasello/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Words fail: Dozens of Secret Service officers and agents who were on site for President Trump’s rally in Tulsa last week were ordered to self-quarantine after two of their colleagues tested positive…