Can an Oversight Board Created by Facebook Actually Fix the Company’s Failings?
Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on March 9, 2021 in New York City. James Devaney/GC Images 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.When Donald Trump reemerged at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference to…
Congress Is About to Bar Unidentified Federal Agents From Policing Protests
Bureau of Prisons agents block protesters from assembling in front of Lafayette Park in Washington DC on June 3, 2020.Sue Dorfman/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.Congress is set to approve a defense policy bill…
He’s Advised Pro-Democracy Activists in 50 Countries. Here’s His Advice for Americans.
Srdja Popovic is a Serbian expert on contested elections and nonviolent struggle.Courtesy of Srdja Popovic 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.He’s been called “the secret architect of global revolution” (by the Guardian) and a “nonviolent storm trooper” (in…
These Activists Are Building Shields to Prepare for Whatever Comes Next
Protesters at a July demonstration in Oakland carry shields painted by the Oakland Builders Collective.Natasha Moustache/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On this warm October afternoon, 30 people have gathered for a shield building party in West Oakland’s Lil Bobby Hutton Park. They…
SF Tech Moguls Funded the Cameras. Cops Used Them to Spy on Protesters.
George Floyd protesters shut down the westbound lanes of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge on June 14, 2020.Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE/MediaPunch/IPX For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Smile. If you’re in downtown San Francisco’s business district, you’re in view of Motorola cameras so sharp they can…
Florida’s Republican Governor Unveils a Shocking Plan to Criminalize Protests
A demonstration against police brutality on June 14, 2020 in Miami.Joe Raedle/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump lackey, is pushing legislation that would outlaw protests that turn disorderly and allow law enforcement to round up and…