Top Senate Democrats Vow to Reform Marijuana Law
TNS/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.On Monday, top Democrats in the Senate said they would put forward a plan “in the early part of this year” to reform federal cannabis laws. “Ending federal marijuana prohibition,”…
Watch How Quickly a COVID Outbreak Exploded Through a California Prison
The COVID-19 outbreak at California’s San Quentin State Prison last summer was a catastrophe of epic proportions. Twenty-eight people serving prison sentences and one correctional officer died. Nearly two in three prisoners tested positive over three months; many were transferred out for treatment, straining San Francisco Bay Area hospitals. “It’s like a horror movie,” one…
100 Lawmakers Want a Citizenship Path for Immigrant Essential Workers in Next Relief Bill
Day laborers and their supporters participate in a “Caravan for Essential and Excluded Workers” in April in Los Angeles. They were calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ensure that COVID-related emergency financial aid from the federal CARES Act reached day laborers, undocumented workers, and their families.ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Let our journalists help…
Yes, Sen. Tim Kaine Is Still Harmonica Dude
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) rocks out on the harmonica at a Senate Christmas event in 2020, with Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on piano.Michael Brochstein/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.Tim Kaine, the Democratic senator from Virginia…
MSNBC Trolls Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy With a Jerry Maguire Clip
Baratunde Thurston and Bill Kristol appear on The 11th Hour With Brian Williams on MSNBC.The 11th Hour With Brian Williams/MSNBC 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.Video mix-up or intentional gag? MSNBC’s 11th Hour host Brian Williams…
AOC to Cruz: You Almost Had Me Murdered
Caroline Brehman/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.If you, like me, have been struggling to muster interest in the GameStop news cycle, I’m here to tell you that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given us a reason to…