A Fourth Guard at an ICE Detention Center Has Died of COVID-19
Immigration detainees sit in a yard at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana run by LaSalle Corrections, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A fourth guard at a US immigration detention facility has died as a result of COVID-19, as the virus…
Donald Trump, Like the Confederacy, Is Picking the Wrong Hill to Die On
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The US military, the New York Times pointed out in an editorial last month, has 10 bases named for former Confederate officers. They include Camp Beauregard, named for the officer who fired on Fort Sumter to…
San Francisco’s Police Union Just Made the Case for Defunding the Police
Police officers in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on May 31.Karl Mondon/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Following the lead of transit workers and agencies in Minneapolis, New York, and Boston, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (AKA Muni) announced yesterday that it would stop transporting…
Trump Used the Pandemic to End Asylum at the Border. A New Lawsuit Challenges That Decision.
Two children cross the Rio Grande into the United States to turn themselves over to authorities and ask for asylum. June 2019.AP Photo/Christian Torres For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Trump administration is facing the first legal challenge of its policy of turning away thousands of asylum…
Bill Barr’s Effort to Protect Michael Flynn Is “Corrupt,” An Explosive New Legal Filing Says
Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department’s effort to dismiss charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is “corrupt” and “politically motivated,” an attorney…
Seattle City Council President: “We Need to Radically Reimagine” Policing
A protestor holds a placard calling to defund police A woman holds a placard calling for the abolition of police during a June 1, 2020 demonstration in Seattle. (Toby Scott/SOPA Images via ZUMA) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, when a veto-proof majority on its city…