With FBI Raid, Merrick Garland Has No Choice But to Go Big on the Trump Probe
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice on August 4, 2022.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Merrick Garland has forced his own hand. With the surprise FBI raid on Donald Trump’s much-cherished Mar-a-Lago residence and club, the attorney general…
San Francisco Voters Just Ousted Their Reformist District Attorney
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin ponders a reporter’s question at his recall campaign headquarters in San Francisco in May. Eric Risberg/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.San Francisco voters approved a measure to recall the city’s embattled district attorney, Chesa…
The Atrocities I Saw Outside Kyiv Hint at Monstrous Discoveries Yet to Be Made
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Bucha was known as Ukraine’s Switzerland. Now it is synonymous with unimaginable horror. I first traveled to the town five years ago to film a documentary about the country’s struggle to build a democracy enshrined in human…
A Major New Study Shows a Promising Solution to Gun Violence—That Doesn’t Involve Police
Protesters, demanding more government action against gun violence, march to Chicago’s Wrigley Field in 2018.Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Nearly two years after George Floyd’s murder sparked nationwide protests, Democratic mayors who once seemed sympathetic to…
Under Pressure, the Biden Administration Is Cracking Down on “Ghost Guns”
A ”ghost gun” at 10th Avenue near 211th Street in Manhattan on Sept. 27, 2021, where police shot a gunman earlier in the day.Luiz Ribeiro/TNS via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Biden administration plans to release a new rule…
A Key Reason Jan. 6 Rioters Aren’t Facing Sedition Charges: They’re White
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As of this writing, 695 people have been charged for federal crimes related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach—crimes motivated by the lie that Joe Biden won because of nationwide election fraud. Of those 695 people,…