Wall Street Journal Sounds Fake Alarm Over Mortgage Debt
The Wall Street Journal, in its persistent quest to mislead people about financial statistics, has this to say today: U.S. Mortgage Debt Hits Record, Eclipsing 2008 Peak U.S. mortgage debt reached a record in the second quarter, exceeding its 2008 peak as the financial crisis unfolded. Mortgage balances rose by $162 billion in the second…
DC Mayor Rejects Plan for Migrant Children Facility in the Capital
Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser in 2014Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Scrambling for additional space to house migrant children, the Trump administration awarded a contract to a company that planned to open a facility in the administration’s own backyard of Washington, DC. But on Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she would not allow the center…
What the Border’s History of Racist Violence Tells Us About the El Paso Shooting
Handmade crosses memorializing the victims.Mario Tama/Getty Images After his arrest, the El Paso shooter admitted to targeting Mexicans. Days later, federal agents rounded up and detained hundreds of Latino workers in Mississippi. For Monica Muñoz Martinez, the author of The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas and an assistant professor of American studies and…
Digital Media Fellowship (New York City)
Mother Jones is looking for a whip-smart fellow to join our digital publishing team in New York City. This fellowship is audio-intensive. We’ll immerse you in the process of turning our award-winning investigative journalism into richly textured, entertaining, and informative podcasts. Working closely with the digital news team on every aspect of podcast creation, you will…
Trump Called Baltimore “Vermin Infested” While the Federal Government Fails to Clean Up Rodents in Subsidized Housing
A man walks near the Gilmor Houses housing project.Patrick Smith/Getty Images This story was originally published by ProPublica. President Donald Trump launched a multiday Twitter tirade last month directed at U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, sharing video footage of derelict Baltimore neighborhoods and asking why the Democratic congressman wasn’t doing more to address the “disgusting, rat…
It’s Not Just Fox Pumping Out the Racist “Replacement” Conspiracy. Here Are 15 Republicans Fanning the Flames.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Earlier this month, a mass shooter killed 22 and injured 24 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, specifically targeting Latino immigrants; the shooter had a manifesto, in which he mentioned multiple times the “great replacement,” a racist theory—popular among white supremacists—that white people will be replaced by people…