True Crime in Indian Country: “Yellow Bird” Belongs on Your Quarantine Reading List
Mother Jones illustration For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Since Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country was published in late February, it’s been praised as a masterful work of true crime reporting. And it is. But it’s not just that. The…
A Jail Built on a Landfill Is at the Center of New York’s Coronavirus Outbreak
A man enters the road to Rikers Island.Spencer Platt/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. New York City is the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak—and perhaps nowhere is that outbreak…
Domestic Violence 911 Calls Are Increasing. Coronavirus Is Likely to Blame.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For weeks, experts and advocates have been raising alarms that the coronavirus outbreak could be disastrous for people in abusive relationships. With nearly three in four Americans being asked not to go out, more victims are isolated in…
Trump Tweets Another Lie About One of His Favorite Enemies
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Before most of you were even awake, President Donald Trump tweeted another lie to his 72.5 million followers. His anger this morning was directed at the Justice Department for dropping its criminal investigation on Friday into former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. IG report on Andrew McCabe: Misled Investigators over roll in news…
Van Jones Isn’t Ready to Give Up on Finding Common Ground With Trump
Mark Wilson/Getty As the Senate impeachment trail gets underway, lawmakers are sticking closely to the marching orders for their chosen tribe. Partisanship hangs over the nation, heavier than ever. But Van Jones says he hasn’t give up on meaningful bi-partisan cooperation. The CNN star worked in the Obama White House as the “Green Jobs Czar”,…
The Price of America’s Inability to Track Child Deaths from Abuse and Neglect? Sometimes, More Lives.
Imgorthand/Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Experts have long suspected that the United States badly undercounts the number of children who die from abuse and neglect. The voluntary…