Facebook Just Revealed Its Secret Strategy for Taking Down Hate Groups
Josh Edelson/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The members of Northwest Front have been called the “worst racists” in America, amid stiff competition. On Wednesday, Facebook told Mother Jones that it had used a new enforcement strategy to take down a network of Northwest Front accounts…
Civil Rights Orgs to ICE: Protect Immigrant Detainees From COVID-19 or Release Them
Detainees sit and wait for their turn at the medical clinic at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, La.Gerald Herbert / AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier today, the Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge to issue an emergency preliminary injunction requiring Immigration and Customs…
Democrats Are Trying to Block Trump’s Company From Getting Bailout Money
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Donald Trump took office, he refused to divest from his business empire, setting the stage for a presidency riddled with conflicts of interest. The coronavirus outbreak, which has battered the hospitality sector, including the president’s collection of hotels and…
I Made a Trump Astrology Twitter Bot, and It’s Scaring Me How Funny and Accurate It Is
Mother Jones illustration; Ron Sachs/CNP via Zuma, Andy Holmes/Unsplash, Reign Abarintos/Unsplash For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Donald Trump is a man of conflict and contradiction—a Gemini with a Leo Rising and a Sagittarius Moon, to be precise. I have no idea what that means but, according to Cosmopolitan,…
Watch Trump’s Horrible Coronavirus Response Compared to Other World Leaders’
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Donald Trump has made inadequate and dangerous choices during the coronavirus pandemic. His botched response includes a failure to properly plan for the country’s testing needs, administration officials unsure how to provide adequate medical gear, and the active spreading of misinformation. It’s an embarrassing…
“It Will Look Like a Depression”: A Financial Expert Warns Us About What’s Coming Next for the Economy
Visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York. Applications for jobless benefits are surging in some states as coronavirus concerns shake the U.S. economy. The sharp increase comes as governments have ordered millions of workers, students…