The Guy Behind the Bogus Immigration Report Has A Long History of Terrible And Misleading Research
John Lott speaks to the crowd during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford in 2013.Jared Ramsdell/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Controversial economist John R. Lott Jr. has made questionable claims about gun rights, police shootings, and abortion. But his new pet issue seems to be…
Trump Breaks His Glaring Silence on the Kentucky School Shooting
Dominique Pineiro/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day after a school shooting killed two teenage students in rural Kentucky and injured 17 others, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders balked at questions regarding President Donald Trump’s silence on the matter more than 24 hours later. She accused a reporter…
NRA Pundit Known for Violent Rhetoric Gets High Praise From Mike Pence
Screen shot, “The Violence of Lies” Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a profile published this weekend in the Style section of the New York Times, National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch was dubbed a “telegenic warrior.” Earlier this month, Loesch was joined on her nationally syndicated radio show by Vice President Mike…
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…
Flashbacks, Nightmares, Panic Attacks—Las Vegas Survivors Describe the Emotional Toll
Darla Christensen and her son Royce at a candlelit vigil on October 3, 2017.Al Kamalizad/Mother Jones When the bullets started flying on that October evening, some hit Las Vegas’ Route 91 concert stage so close to Royce Christenson that shards of aluminum landed in his hair. He saw a man go down, and the man…
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…