“Mommy, How Come I Only See You on the Phone?”
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.The transporters from the Baltimore Department of Social Services arrived at Stevie and Eric’s doorstep late one night last March, after the couple’s two kids had gone to bed. Their son,…
Massage Parlor Workers Say Policing Isn’t the Answer to the Violence They Face
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty 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.The morning after a gunman attacked three massage parlors in the Atlanta area, killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent, JM Wong and a few other members…
Police Unions Have Enormous War Chests to Defend Officers Like Derek Chauvin
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/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.Derek Chauvin, the former officer who was fired from the Minneapolis Police Department after he kneeled on George Floyd’s neck last May, faces a criminal trial that’s scheduled to begin this…
What We Know About the Atlanta-Area Massage Parlor Shootings
Getty 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.Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed late Tuesday after a gunman opened fire inside three massage parlors in the Atlanta metro area. Authorities have yet to identify a…
Are Life Sentences a Merciful Alternative to the Death Penalty?
Solitary confinement cell in New YorkBebeto Matthews/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.Once considered the death penalty capital of the United States, throughout its history Virginia has carried out more executions than any other state. Since…
Over 700 Complaints About NYPD Officers Abusing Black Lives Matter Protesters, Then Silence
John Lamparski/Getty 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.This story was originally published by ProPublica and The City. It was one of the most brutal police responses to last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. As hundreds of…