Are Police Helicopter Fleets Worth the Money?
Beni Benitez stands outside of his home in South Los Angeles, a neighborhood a few miles south of the Los Angeles Police Department’s helicopter landing site.Isabel Avila Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This piece was published originally by Capital & Main. Los Angeles’ police and sheriff’s departments…
Trump’s Dinner Fiasco Was a Win for Fascists Playing the Long Game
Mother Jones; Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The 24-year-old white nationalist Nick Fuentes dined with Donald Trump and Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) at Mar-A-Lago last week. For the last six years, Fuentes has built up a following on…
Herschel Walker Once Said He Was the Target of Racism. Now He Claims It Doesn’t Exist.
Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally in Greensboro, Georgia, on November 29.John Bazemore/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not too long ago, Herschel Walker said he had experienced racism, having been stopped and harassed by the police because he was a Black man.…
“Something Needs to Change or Else We Will All Quit”
A school board discusses a proposed resolution to ban teaching critical race theory. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It is not news that public schools in the United States are now conflict zones. Across the country, K–12 teachers, school administrators,…
The Tragedy of the Oxford High School Mass Shooting Deepens
A vigil for shooting victims in Oxford, Michigan, on November 30, 2021Matthew Hatcher/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the year since a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan left four students dead and many others injured and traumatized, questions have loomed…
Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Sedition in Capitol Attack
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Collin County Sheriff’s Office/AP, Mihoko Owada/STAR MAX/IPx/AP; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A jury has convicted Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, of seditious conspiracy and other crimes, a milestone in the Justice Department’s sprawling…