This Is What the Presidential Race Looked Like Exactly Four Years Ago Today
iStock/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Polls can be a finicky thing. They’re not “fake,” as President Donald Trump regularly suggests, but you also shouldn’t go crazy every time you see one, like that one dog on your block who yaps anytime someone comes within 50 feet…
Hawaii Imprisons Native Islanders at Astonishing Rates. This Election Could Start to Change That.
Mother Jones illustration; Gabriella Angotti-Jones/LA Times/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Thousands of miles away from Minneapolis, hundreds of surfers paddled into the ocean surrounding the Hawaiian Islands on June 5 and sat silently on the waves to honor George Floyd, who had died under the knee…
America’s Top Spy Hunter Warns Russia is Working to “Denigrate” Biden and “Boost” Trump
Alexei Nikolsky/TASS via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A senior Trump counterintelligence official said on Friday afternoon that Russia “is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President Biden” and that “Kremlin-linked actors are also seeking to boost President Trump’s candidacy on social…
Trump Threatens to Escalate Federal Invasion of Portland
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One outside the White House en route to Texas Wednesday.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump said Wednesday that federal agents will “go in and clean it out” Portland, Oregon, if state and…
How Bill Barr Is Helping Vladimir Putin
Attorney General Bill Barr appears before the House Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2020.Matt Mcclain/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Attorney General Bill Barr appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, there were plenty of contentious exchanges. The nation’s top law enforcement official…
The Fed Plays a Huge Role in Perpetuating Racial Disparities. Joe Biden Wants to Fix That.
Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in New Castle, Delaware, on July 21, 2020.Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Federal Reserve has a huge role to play in racial equality, but it has long perpetuated the income and wealth gaps between Black and white…