ICE Has to Release Kids From Detention. It Refuses to Let Their Parents Join Them.
Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they walk across the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in Dilley, Texas. Eric Gay / AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Time has run out for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release the more than…
The Republican Unemployment Plan Could Delay Payments by Months
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellStefani Reynolds/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After weeks of debate and delay, Republicans unveiled a summary of their proposal for a new coronavirus relief bill on Monday. And not only will millions of Americans see their weekly…
Biden’s Vice Presidential Search Is Surfacing Sexist Tropes About Ambitious Women. Kamala Harris Could Be the Victim.
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Joe Biden announced in March that he would select a woman as his running mate, it was hailed as a milestone. At 77, Biden might not run for reelection or even finish his first term, but he…
Two Cheers for Cheap Shots
Wilfredo Lee/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During the Democratic debates, Kamala Harris took what I and many others considered a cheap shot against Joe Biden’s opposition to forced busing many decades ago. An article in Politico suggests she has no remorse over this, but that doesn’t…
New Book Provides More Evidence of the Trump-Stone Russia Coverup
Roger StoneHoo-Me/MediaPunch/IPX via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When President Donald Trump earlier this month commuted the prison sentence of his longtime adviser Roger Stone, the media coverage generally missed a critical fact: This brazen act of cronyism was the culmination of a cover-up that aimed to…
Trump Predicts Victory Over COVID-19 and Tells States to Open Faster
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Addressing the nation from the Bioprocess Innovation Center in North Carolina, President Trump on Monday painted an optimistic picture of the United States’ recovery from the coronavirus pandemic—while dismissing one of the only proven ways to mitigate the spread of the…