Suburban White Women Built “Tough on Crime” America. Could They Help Force Its Demise?
Protestors call for an end to racial injustice outside the Glenolden Police headquarters in Delaware Country, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 2020.Michael Candelori/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.By the end of the day on Saturday, June 6, the biggest day of nationwide protests sparked in the…
Six Members of Trump’s Tulsa Team Test Positive for COVID-19
Politico/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Six people working on logistics for President Trump’s Tulsa rally have tested positive for COVID-19, according to NBC News. Twenty-thousand people, none of whom will be required to wear masks, are expected at the rally, which will be held inside. JUST IN –…
America’s Child Care System Is in Crisis. Joe Biden Will Soon Release a Plan to Fix It.
Vice President Joe Biden greets family members of Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) during swearing-in ceremony in Washington on January 3, 2016.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Joe Biden is planning to unveil a comprehensive child care proposal in the coming weeks—part of…
Trump Just Showed Us His Core Campaign Message: Chaos in the Streets
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Chaos in the streets. Looters running free. Rioters threatening you and your family. Anarchists destroying…everything. And there’s only one way to stop the end of civilization: reelect Donald J. Trump as president. That’s what Trump’s core campaign message is becoming.…
New Polls Show the Enormous, Self-Destructive Toll of Trump’s Protest Response
President Donald Trump poses with a bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. Shawn Thew/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, Priorities USA Action released a TV ad in swing states attacking President Donald Trump’s handling of both the…
Joe Biden Doesn’t Want to Defund the Police
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, made clear today in a statement that he would not support defunding the police. He did say there is an “urgent need for reform,” and he advocated for body-worn cameras and further diversification of the police force. The former vice president, according to the New York Times,…