The Trump Admin’s Execution Spree May Have Caused a Coronavirus Outbreak
Michael Conroy/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The Trump administration’s rush to resume federal executions after a 17-year hiatus may have caused a spike in cases of the coronavirus in a federal prison. The risk of catching coronavirus is heightened behind bars because…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Just Gave Former Inmates a Path To Become Firefighters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after he toured the North Complex Fire zone in Butte County on Friday. Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Friday, as he stood in the middle of a hellscape in…
Curtis Flowers’ Murder Charges Are Finally Dropped. It Only Took 6 Trials and 24 Years.
Curtis Flowers flanked by sister Priscilla Ward, right, exits the Winston Choctaw Regional Correctional Facility in Louisville, Miss., Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Mississippi who has been tried for the…
California Needs More Firefighters—But It’s Preventing Skilled Former Inmates From Helping
Inmate firefighters, left, battle the Quail Fire burning near Winters, Calif., on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Noah Berger/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.California is burning: Ongoing blazes have devoured more than 1 million acres this year so far, killing at least seven people and destroying hundreds…
What Conservatives Really Mean When They Call for Law and Order
David Goldman/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, August 23, Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers shot Jacob Blake several times in the back as he was climbing into his car where his three sons waited for him. According to news reports, the 29-year-old Black man had been…
The Pandemic Hasn’t Slowed America’s Other Public-Health Crisis: Gun Violence
In Dayton, Ohio, residents mourn the victims of a mass shooting one year later.Jim Noelker/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last night, at least 21 people were shot at a cookout in Washington, D.C. Christopher Brown, a 17-year-old, was killed. Three weeks ago, nine people were shot…