Hundreds of Black People Are in Prison for Life Even Though Jurors Thought They Were Innocent
Roderick Vidau with two of his childrenCourtesy of Vidau’s attorney 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.Roderick Vidau didn’t think the jury would convict him. In 2005, when Vidau was 28 years old, a police officer in…
How a Private Prison Company’s Defamation Suit Against One of Its Critics Backfired
Robyn Beck/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 mother who would end the Trump administration’s family separation policy arrived at the US-Mexico border in November 2017 with her 6-year-old daughter in tow. Ms. L, as she…
The Pandemic Is Forcing Foster Kids to Sleep in Hotels and Offices
webphotographeer/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.Over the past year, hundreds of foster children in Washington state slept in hotels and offices because no foster placement was available, according to an annual report released this week…
The Freakout About Giving COVID Vaccines to Prisoners Has Already Begun
Sandy Huffaker/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.Toward the end of a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was asked about a proposal to give the state’s prisoners early access to the forthcoming…
Trump Is Leaving the White House. Meanwhile, He’s Escalating His Execution Spree.
Brendan Smialowski/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.Last week, as President Donald Trump was mounting more meritless court challenges to the election he had clearly lost, Orlando Hall was executed at the federal prison in Terre…
Defund-Police Organizers to Biden: “We’re Not Going Away”
A protester in Brooklyn in June Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty 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.On the Saturday after Election Day, not long after media outlets announced the projected winner of the presidential race, Black…