Will Minneapolis Pass a Law That Helps Renters Buy Their Homes?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Arianna Anderson had just gone into labor with her fifth child in March 2021 when a bathroom pipe burst. She scrambled to pack for the hospital and, with her husband working out of state, shuttle her young…
Customs and Border Agents Spied on Journalists—the Latest Sign They Are Out of Control
Federal agents outside the Mark Hatfield Courthouse in Portland, Oregon on. July 4th, 2020.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Many Americans are likely unaware that Customs and Border Protection, a Homeland Security Department division with more than 60,000 employees, is engaged…
Restorative Justice Won’t Work Without This Crucial Piece
Martin Barraud/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Cook County Associate Judge Stuart Katz wanted to try something completely different. The Illinois juvenile court judge was sick of the usual options: locking up young people or sentencing them to community service. More…
The GOP Is Turning the January 6 Insurrection Into a New Lost Cause
Lev Radin/SIPA USA/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 January 6, the day Congress was scheduled to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election and declare Joe Biden the victor, thousands of supporters of…
Watch: Facebook Oversight Board Co-Chair Rips Trump and Facebook
Niall Carson/PA Wire via ZUMA Press 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.Facebook’s January decision to ban Donald Trump left many people who dislike Trump and the social media giant feeling like they had to pick sides.…
The Real ID Gives the Government New License to Exclude
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.1. Beginning in May 2023, the Department of Homeland Security will require anyone who wants to board a flight within the United States to produce “Real ID”–compliant identification like the driver’s…