GOP Activists Oust Virginia Congressman After He Officiated a Same-Sex Wedding
Caroline Brehman/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.An incumbent Republican member of Congress who officiated a same-sex wedding last year lost his party’s nomination on Saturday. Rep. Denver Riggleman was defeated by Bob Good, who has described himself as a “bright red Biblical and constitutional conservative,” in Virginia’s 5th district,…
“They Just Don’t Get It!”: New Emails Detail Deadly Struggles to Stop Meatpacking Outbreaks
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. For weeks, Rachel Willard, the county health director in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, had watched with alarm as COVID-19 cases rolled in from the Tyson Foods chicken plant in the center of town. Then Tyson hired a private company to take over…
Watch Ben Carson Refuse to Back Up Trump’s Boasts About Helping Black America
Tom Williams/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday morning, Ben Carson, the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the only Black member of Donald Trump’s cabinet, declined to back up Trump’s oft-repeated claim that he’s done the most of any president for…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 13 Update
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Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Cops Kill a Black Man at a Drive-Through
Protesters on Saturday gather on University Avenue near the Atlanta Wendy’s where a cop shot and killed Rayshard Brooks.Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Atlanta’s police chief has resigned less than 24 hours after a cop shot and killed a Black man as…
Fox News Is Losing It Over Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
The terrifying hellscape of Seattle’s CHAZ. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For much of Friday, Fox News’ website featured images of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone that were clearly photoshopped to depict the CHAZ as some sort of lawless hellscape guarded by heavily armed anarchists. Or anarchist,…