An FBI Agent Went Undercover to Study White Supremacists. He’s Now Speaking Out About Racist Police.
A demonstrator near the White House raises a fist in May 2020 as others gather to protest the death of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.Evan Vucci, File/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…
How Lawmakers Failed Jacob Blake
Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, holds a candle at a rally Monday in Kenosha.Morry Gash/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.Jacob Blake, paralyzed and still suffering from injuries, got a phone call on Tuesday…
Gun Sales Surged in 2020. So Did Gun Violence.
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre.Michael Conroy/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.To say that 2020 was a year of unprecedented turmoil would be an understatement. More than 350,000 people have died in the United States…
The Collectible Coins That Celebrate the Dark Side of American Policing
Mother Jones illustration 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 first military challenge coins, one story goes, were handed out in 1969 by a US Army colonel to build camaraderie in his Special Forces unit. He took…
Trump Is Pardoning His Friends While Ignoring Pleas From Death Row
Evan Vucci/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 Tuesday night, the White House announced that President Donald Trump had pardoned more than a dozen people, including the security contractors responsible for an Iraqi civilian massacre, his allies…
Southern California Jails Have Become COVID Superspreaders
FG Trade/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 week, COVID-19 cases in Orange County jails increased more than 400 percent. It’s exactly what the ACLU saw coming. In June, the ACLU, on behalf of half a…