John Bolton Provides a Harrowing Portrait of Trump’s Surrender to Putin
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.John Bolton’s too-late book has produced a string of revelations that warrant headlines and outrage. President Donald Trump, in this account, encouraged Chinese President Xi Jinping to build concentration camps as part of China’s genocidal war on its Uighur population.…
We Need More Women on Police Forces
That’s a lotta testosterone on the march there.Alicia Armijo/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Want to reduce the toxic masculinity that defines so many militarized police forces in the US? Rosa Brooks says part of the answer is obvious: Decades of research show female officers can handle…
Stanley Crouch Just Won a Major 2020 Award. “Victory Is Assured” Was His Signature for a Reason.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.If you haven’t read much, or any, of Stanley Crouch’s brilliantly constructed and historically informed writing on music and politics, let me know at recharge@motherjones.com and we can deep-dive the language, the love, the muscle, and the memory of his writing and…
Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite Obama’s Record on Criminal Justice Reform
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at the rollout of a GOP police reform bill.Caroline Brehman//CQ via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday, in the midst of nationwide protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) accused Democrats of having…
Nazis Put This Symbol on Political Opponents’ Arms. Now Trump is Using It.
Facebook screenshot For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The first result for a Google search of “upside down red triangle” is a Wikipedia page detailing Nazi concentration camp badges. Google’s official “knowledge panel” reiterates this, linking the same Wikipedia page. The results on the rest of the first…
Here’s a Bill That Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump All Support
The upper Yosemite Falls.George Rose/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday, Senate Republicans and Democrats finally agreed on a piece of legislation—and after years of dismantling environmental protections by the Trump administration, this one does the reverse. By a 73-25 margin, they passed the Great American Outdoors…