A Deputy Prosecutor Was Fired for Speaking Out Against Jail Time for People Who Fall Behind on Rent
A protester in Washington D.C. holds a sign.Probal Rashid/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter…
Carroll Fife Is in the House. Now She Wants to Burn it Down.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.As a girl, Carroll Fife never quite knew what her grandfather James did for a living, but she knew he was a somebody. James was a factory worker, like most everybody else in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, but it…
The CDC Put a Halt to Evictions. One Missouri County Is Allowing Them Anyway.
A pro eviction moratorium demonstrator.Joe Cavaretta/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established a national moratorium on evictions until the end of the year, as a way to protect tenants who have been hit by…
The RNC Featured an Incredibly Weird and Dishonest Video About New York Public Housing. Who the Hell Was that For?
RNC Video For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On the fourth (and thankfully last) night of the Republican National Convention, sandwiched between a live speech from Debbie Flood, a business owner in Wisconsin, and a recorded video message from Ann Dorn, the widow of a retired St. Louis…
Biden Wants to Desegregate the Suburbs. Naturally, Trump Is Furious.
Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During the 2020 Democratic primary, housing policy played a far more prominent role than in any presidential contest in recent memory, as candidates released aggressive plans to combat rising costs, exclusionary zoning, and a wave of evictions. But the issue seemed…
If a Pandemic Can’t Force San Francisco to Reckon With Homelessness, Nothing Can
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The tents started popping up soon after the shelter-in-place order came down, in mid-March. By early May, some 90 of them were clustered in Civic Center Plaza, with more joining each day—a sprawling encampment of people without housing, little nylon domes dotting…