The Murder Rate Fell at the Fastest-Ever Pace Last Year—and It’s Still Falling
Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Former President Donald Trump wants you to believe that violence is surging. “All over the world crime is down; all over the world—except here,” he said during his debate with Vice President Kamala…
“They Stole an Election”: Former Florida Senator Found Guilty in “Ghost Candidates” Scandal
Former Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles listens to testimony at his Miami trial on Friday, September 27.Pedro Portal/El Nuevo Herald/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Former Florida…
A New Reckoning for Parents of School Shooters
Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the aftermath of the bloodshed on Wednesday at Apalachee…
What Would It Mean to Have a Prosecutor as President Right Now?
Vice President Kamala Harris Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As soon as President Biden handed the baton to Kamala Harris, who is now expected to clinch the Democratic nomination, her campaign team and many journalists started framing the presidential race…
Why It Took Seven Years to Get One Statistic About Guns
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It took seven long years to pry one staggering number from the hands of the federal government: that 52,529 weapons once owned by police were recovered at crime scenes across the country from 2006…
New Senate Report Blasts Residential Treatment Facilities That “Treat Children as Payouts”
Survivors of residential treatment facilities and other advocates urged reform at the Capitol on Wednesday.Mariam Zuhaib/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Senate Finance Committee released on Wednesday the findings of a two-year investigation that revealed widespread abuse and neglect at residential treatment…
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