So Where Are We? One of the Most Brilliant and Intense People I’ve Ever Known Has Some Answers.
Mother Jones illustration I first met Lawrence Joseph in Detroit in 1980 when he was a law professor at the University of Detroit and I was a student at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. He was intense and brilliant, and although his profession may have been law, his true identity was that of…
Donald Trump’s Hometown Papers Denounce His Roy Moore Support
A day after President Donald Trump defended Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama accused of sexually abusing teenage girls, the president’s hometown papers agree: Trump is backing a “perv.” One of those rare days when arch-rivals came up with the same headline… pic.twitter.com/HxLjoSrmbi — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 22, 2017 The nearly identical…
Trump Breaks Silence on Roy Moore: “He Totally Denies It”
President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke publicly about scandal-plagued Senate candidate Roy Moore on Tuesday for the first time since reports of sexual abuse by Moore broke nearly two weeks ago, suggesting that he backs Moore despite the plethora of allegations against him. “I can tell you one thing for sure: We don’t need a liberal…
You Won’t Change Your Cranky Conservative Uncle in One Dinner Conversation
Gérard DuBoisLast October, shortly before the election, I came across a startling photo from Oakland, California, circa 1969. Two men stood side by side: a black guy in a beret and leather jacket and a white guy in a denim vest emblazoned with the Confederate flag. The white guy was part of the Young Patriots, a…
Note to Robert Mueller: Hope Hicks Was Part of the Cover-Up
Andrew Harrer/AP Hope Hicks’ time in the barrel may come soon. Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly aiming to interview the White House communications director as part of the Trump-Russia investigation. When he and his team of lawyers do so, they presumably will be mindful that the 29-year-old Hicks told one of the biggest whoppers…
2017 Was the Deadliest Year For Trans People In At Least a Decade
People attend a Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil in Pittsfield, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle/AP At least 25 transgender people have been violently killed in 2017, more than during any other recorded year in the past decade, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The report notes that 84 percent of the victims were…