Thanks to Trump’s Family Separations, Democrats Are in the Hot Seat for Taking Private Prison Cash
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a theater outside Miami last month, as a debate between four Democratic candidates for Florida governor approached the two-hour mark, 18-year-old activist ErrDaisha Floyd took the mic and turned the conversation toward a topic close to her heart: private prisons. The…
Brock Turner Only Wanted “Outercourse,” Lawyer Argues In Sexual Assault Appeal
Screenshot via Oxforddictionaries.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A lawyer for Brock Turner argued this week that his client shouldn’t have been convicted of intending to commit rape. His reasoning is that Turner only wanted “outercourse” with the woman he sexually assaulted. Turner, of course, is the former Stanford University student who…
“If You’re a Predator, It’s a Gold Mine.”
Families with young children protest the separation of immigrant families with a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Just five days after he reached the United States, the 15-year-old Honduran boy awoke in his Tucson,…
Nevada Is Hellbent on Using This Drug to Execute an Inmate—Even if the Manufacturer Objects
AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, the state of Nevada filed a petition with the state Supreme Court asking the high court to throw out a decision made by a Clark County judge that halted the execution of Scott Dozier. The inmate was scheduled to be executed on…
Jeff Sessions Wants to Crack Down on Fentanyl Dealers. Here’s the Problem With That.
A lethal dose of fentanyl for most drug users, according to the Drug Enforcement AdministrationDEA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a new plan: He vows to “systematically and relentlessly prosecute” anyone dealing synthetic opioids, regardless of the amount, in ten counties hit hard by the opioid…
As Trial Date Is Finally Set for the Laquan McDonald Case, Chicago Grapples With Yet Another Police Shooting
A protest over the police killing of Harith Augustus in Chicago on July 16, 2018.James Foster/Chicago Sun-Times/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday near the site where 37-year-old Harith Augustus was shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend, following three consecutive days of protests…