Police Reforms Don’t Work When Cops Ignore Them
Officers patrol a gas station in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after the killing of Daunte Wright.imageSPACE via ZUMA Wire 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.Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is a prime example of how little can change in…
“A Great Deception”: Oil Giants Ripped for Greenwashing
An ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Barry Lewis/InPictures/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 The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have…
“One Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Satisfy That Appetite for Actual Change”: Why Derek Chauvin’s Trial Is Not the End of the Fight
Protesters demonstrate outside the Hennepin County Government Center on March 9, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ImageSpace/Zuma 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.Late Tuesday afternoon, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin delivered its verdict: guilty on…
After Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict, Biden Calls on Congress to Act on Police Reform
Evan Vucci/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.Shortly after a Minneapolis jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, President Biden called on Congress to enact…
Nancy Pelosi Thanks George Floyd for “Sacrificing” Himself by Being Killed by the Police
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma 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.Following the conviction of Derek Chauvin on three charges in the murder of George Floyd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bizarrely thanked Floyd for “sacrificing” himself by dying on…
Derek Chauvin Was Just Found Guilty on All Three Counts for Murdering George Floyd
Rodney Floyd leads family members including Philonise and Keeta Floyd to the Hennepin County Government Center.Mark Vancleave/TNS/Zuma 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.After just 10 hours of deliberation, the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial found…