Trump and Congress Are Making It Easier for Banks and Companies to Rip Off Black People
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the mid-2000s, Hudson City Savings Bank, a large savings bank in New Jersey, was doing well, earning accolades for its smart management, its “small town” feel, and its relative strength in the face of the brewing financial crisis. It was even…
Rick Gates Has Agreed to Cooperate With Mueller’s Team. Here’s What He Might Know.
Rick Gates departs Federal District Court, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rick Gates, the longtime business partner of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, has decided to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors, ending weeks of speculation about his fate and highlighting…
Teenagers Pour Into the Streets Calling for Gun Control After Parkland Shooting
Students call for gun control outside the White House on Wednesday. Kara Voght/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Busloads of teenagers arrived in Tallahassee overnight to continue their calls for gun control hundreds of miles from the site of a mass shooting that left 17 dead and 14 others injured at a…
Trump Drags Sessions Into His Meltdown Over Russian Meddling
Yin Bogu/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump dove into his fifth day of blaming everyone but his administration for failing to act against Russian interference, this time dragging in Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump misspelled the attorney general’s name while challenging the Justice Department for…
A Convicted Sex Offender Was the Face of a New Trump Dating Site
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new dating site intended for Trump-admirers seeking other Trump-admirers for romance, Trump.Dating, up until the last few days featured the image of a convicted sex offender, Barrett Riddleberger, alongside his wife Jodi on its homepage, wearing his-and-hers hats reading “Trump” and “Make America Great…
The Right Is Attacking the Survivors of the Florida School Massacre
Manish Swarup/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former GOP congressman Jack Kingston on Tuesday doubled-down on his inflammatory allegations that a group of school shooting survivors pushing for tougher gun laws are simply being used by left-wing political groups. Appearing on CNN, the Georgia Republican suggested that billionaire George Soros…