The Murder Rate Fell at the Fastest-Ever Pace Last Year—and It’s Still Falling
Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump wants you to believe that violence is surging. “All over the world crime is down; all over the world—except here,” he said during his debate with Vice President Kamala…
Joe Arpaio Still Hasn’t Made Peace With His Own Demise
Mother Jones; Will Seberger/Zuma; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When former president Donald Trump appeared at Dream City church in Phoenix in early June, he was visited on stage by a ghost from his past. “Do you remember you had your sheriff,…
Why It Took Seven Years to Get One Statistic About Guns
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It took seven long years to pry one staggering number from the hands of the federal government: that 52,529 weapons once owned by police were recovered at crime scenes across the country from 2006…
The Supreme Court Upholds a Law Disarming Domestic Abusers
Mother Jones; Getty; Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash; Eric Ward/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Every 16 hours in the US, a woman is gunned down in an act of domestic violence. Nearly 1 million American women have been shot or shot at by a current…
A New Biden Ad Is Highlighting Trump’s Criminal Conviction
In a new ad, the Biden campaign is taking direct aim at Trump’s history-making status as a convicted criminal.Laura Brett/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a new advertisement, President Joe Biden is highlighting the fact that his GOP opponent for the presidency…
Fox News Suddenly Loves the Justice System After Hunter Biden’s Conviction
Mother Jones illustration; Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Roy Rochlin/Getty; Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the moments following Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges on Tuesday, Fox News celebrated the justice system doing its job. They sang the praises of the judge…