Biden Once Championed the Death Penalty. Now He Wants to Stop Trump’s Execution Spree.
Carolyn Kaster/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.Donald Trump may have lost the election—despite the lies he continues to spew on Twitter and the relentless assault on democracy by his usual enablers—but his administration is acting…
Private Prison Stocks Drop as the Reality of Biden’s Win Sinks In
Sue Ogrocki/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Private prison companies have taken a financial hit in the past week as President-elect Joe Biden’s win became apparent. Stock prices for the country’s two largest prison companies, the GEO Group and CoreCivic, have fallen 14…
BLM Activists Demanded Police Accountability. In City After City, Voters Agreed.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.We may not yet know what the final tally of the presidential race will be, but when it comes to police reform, voters during this year’s election sent a clear message: It’s time to change…
California Votes to Keep Cash Bail
A sign advertises a bail bond company in Los Angeles.Mario Tama/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.California voters rejected a controversial ballot measure that would have made their state the first to completely abolish the cash bail system, which requires certain defendants…
How a Domestic Violence Loophole Could Doom a Campaign to Cut Oklahoma’s Harsh Prison Sentences
Shepard Sherbell/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.For the last four years, the fight against mass incarceration in Oklahoma has been a story of unlikely success. In 2016, after decades of creeping prison populations, the state’s incarceration rate reached levels so astronomical that…
An Ex-Cop Is Running as a Reformer to Unseat LA’s First Black District Attorney
Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey (left) and her challenger, former San Francisco District Attorney George GascónMother Jones illustration; Damian Dovarganes/AP, Paul Sakuma/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In the days after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, George Gascón, an ex-police…