Republicans Already Had a Chance to Address White Supremacy. They Failed.
Republicans used an April congressional hearing on white extremism to defend President Donald Trump’s claim that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally.Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Hours after a racist, anti-immigrant fanatic carried out a gruesome massacre in El Paso, Texas Land Commissioner George P.…
“People Should Be Terrified”: One Teen’s Hunger Strike Over the Climate Crisis
A group of teenage climate change protesters gather in front of the White House in May 2019.Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Food shortages, social disruption, and riots. That’s the future 19-year-old Giovanni Tamacas envisioned during the 10 days he…
“I Couldn’t Afford Anything”: Title X Transformed This Woman’s Life, But It May Not Be an Option for Much Longer
Abortion rights supporters stand on both sides of a street near the Gateway Arch as they take part in a protest in favor of reproductive rights on May 30, 2019, in St. Louis.Jeff Roberson/AP Late last month, Emma Bosley and dozens of Planned Parenthood volunteers and staff members descended on Capitol Hill to plead their…
Is Social Media Making Us Afraid?
Mark Helenowski Abigail Weinberg reports that a banned iPhone app called Vigilante has been rebranded as Citizen: Now, the app is back up and running in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, where it operates with a nearly identical layout and the stated mission “to keep people safe and informed.” Users who…
Mayberry v. Moscow: How Local Officials Are Preparing to Defend the 2020 Elections
Mother Jones illustration; Getty In early June, the Allegheny County Board of Elections held a special meeting in downtown Pittsburgh, inviting a trio of election security experts to offer advice as the county selects new voting equipment. Marian Schneider, a former Pennsylvania state elections official and the current president of Verified Voting, an election security…
Here’s How Donald Trump Can Fix His Racist Branding Problem
Wang Ying/Xinhua via ZUMA The Washington Post has a headline today that makes you go hmmm: I think we all have a pretty good idea of how Trump could avoid being called a racist. He could stop saying racist stuff all the time. Easy peasy. For my money, I probably wouldn’t call Trump a racist…