How Native Tribes Started Winning at the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration; Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post/Getty, Liu Jie/Xinhua/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On a September morning in 2001, Native American leaders from across the country convened in a ballroom at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, to talk strategy. The Supreme Court was escalating…
Washington’s NFL Team Is on the Search for a New Name and Logo
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For a while now, Mother Jones’ editorial style guide has included an effective workaround for references to the NFL team in Washington, DC, whose name is a racial slur: “Refer to the NFL team in DC as ‘Washington,’ ‘Washington’s NFL team,’ or…
John Leguizamo on Trump, Dirty Jokes, and the Whitewashing of Latinx History
Mark Helenowski/Mother Jones For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Actor, activist, author, and educator John Leguizamo loves that his comedy makes people feel angry. In his 2018 one-man Broadway show, Latin History for Morons (now available on Netflix), the 55-year-old star splices raunchy jokes with history about the genocide…
Indigenous Communities in Brazil Were Already Under Siege. Then Came COVID-19.
Yanomami indigenous people receiving medical attention.Andressa Anholete/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Take a country where Indigenous leaders are killed for defending their lives and lands, where constitutionally protected…
A Judge Handed the Standing Rock Tribes a Big Win in Their Dakota Access Pipeline Fight
A water protector prays as he and others defend a sacred site near Turtle Island against the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Missouri River at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in 2016.Joel Angel/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After four years locked in legal struggle over the…
The Cleveland Indians Are Considering a Name Change
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians said Friday night that the team was considering a name change, after the National Football League’s Washington Redskins announced the same thing earlier in the day. “The recent social unrest in our community…