How Did a Man Who Murdered Three Muslims Receive a Presumption of Racial Innocence?
Travis Long/The News & Observer/AP; Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA/AP; Diedra Laird/TNS/Zuma In the old photos, the ones taken right after he was arrested for gunning down three Muslim students in their North Carolina home, Craig Stephen Hicks appears as a dumpy, chinless man with a mousy beard cut too high above the jawline. The style, if…
Trump Just Said He Wants a Poll on the “Dishonest” News Media. Polls Show People Trust Him Less.
Activists inflate a Donald Trump baby balloon in Los Angeles on October 18, 2018, ahead of a politically-themed convention.Richard Vogel/AP On Sunday morning, President Trump tweeted about the New York Times and the Washington Post, calling them “dishonest” and “deceitful,” while parroting his typical line of attack that he believes them to be the “Enemy…
The Last Black Man in San Francisco’s Walking Tour of a Lost City
Jimmie Fails (left) with “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” director Joe Talbot (right)A24 Around the bend of Bernal Heights Park, along the path they used to walk as teenagers, Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails marveled at the scene before them: a trio of people contorting their bodies on yoga mats on an edge…
A Superhero’s Instincts Win the Day for a 9-Year-Old in Critical Need
Jennifer Whelchel and Ralph at Universal OrlandoCourtesy Lenore Koppelman Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. It was a supreme meltdown—almost involuntary. A worker at Universal Orlando Resort, Jennifer Whelchel, didn’t scold, belittle, or dither. She knew just what to do when…
Watch as Shane Bauer Goes Behind the Lines in Syria
Senior reporter Shane Bauer’s exclusive, on-the-ground videos in Syria explore an abandoned prison in the former capital of the Islamic State, as he hunts for clues about the devastating US-led bombing of Raqqa. Bauer’s special investigation provides a new look at a civil war that has drawn American jihadists, anarchists, CIA agents, and special forces…
Mother Jones’ New Podcast Series Explores the Hidden War in Syria
Introducing “Behind the Lines,” a Mother Jones Podcast series featuring senior reporter Shane Bauer’s exclusive, on-the-ground reporting in Syria. A year in the making, these episodes follow Bauer as he explores an abandoned prison in the former capital of the Islamic State, hunts for clues about the devastating US-led bombing of Raqqa, and travels to…