Biden Administration Begins Process of Reunifying Separated Families
In 2018, three-year-old Jose Jr., from Honduras, is helped by a representative of the Southern Poverty Law Center as he is reunited with his father in Arizona.Ross Franklin/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Over the course…
Today Is World Press Freedom Day. Here Are Three Ways to Strengthen and Support It.
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The press, where it’s free, is a central nervous system. It sends and receives signals, zaps and regulates information until the pathways are pinched by the malignant forces of misinformation or…
Why Body Cameras Can Still Fail to Hold Police Accountable
Gerry Broome/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On April 21, while attempting to serve a warrant, North Carolina police shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man in Elizabeth City. The entire incident was…
Cities’ Climate Conundrum: How to Shift From Gas to Electric?
Philadelphia city hall and skyline.John Greim/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 1836, Philadelphians mostly used whale oil…
People Are Pulling Some Real Weird-Ass Shit Out of Rivers These Days
Happy Sunday. I’m pleased to inform you that people have been pulling some really weird things out of rivers. In late April, the Fish and Wildlife Service caught—and swiftly released—a 240-pound, 6-foot-10-inch fish in the Detroit River. The female sturgeon is estimated to be more than a century old. “She likely hatched in the Detroit…
New Polls: It Turns Out Americans Like a Normal, Boring President
Drew Angerer/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Americans largely approve of Joe Biden’s performance as president so far, two new polls indicate. The first, released Sunday by ABC and Ipsos, surveyed 513 adults and showed that…