Defund-Police Organizers to Biden: “We’re Not Going Away”
A protester in Brooklyn in June Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images 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 the Saturday after Election Day, not long after media outlets announced the projected winner of the presidential race, Black…
What Kyle Rittenhouse’s $2 Million Fundraiser Reveals About the Unequal System of Justice in America
Kyle Rittenhouse, left, with backwards cap, walks in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020, at a protest about police brutality. Adam Rogan/The Journal Times via AP 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 Friday, Cynthia Green stood…
BLM Activists Demanded Police Accountability. In City After City, Voters Agreed.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.We may not yet know what the final tally of the presidential race will be, but when it comes to police reform, voters during this year’s election sent a clear message: It’s time to change…
These Activists Are Building Shields to Prepare for Whatever Comes Next
Protesters at a July demonstration in Oakland carry shields painted by the Oakland Builders Collective.Natasha Moustache/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On this warm October afternoon, 30 people have gathered for a shield building party in West Oakland’s Lil Bobby Hutton Park. They…
Philadelphia Voters Will Consider Overhauling Police Oversight After the Fatal Shooting of Walter Wallace
Demonstrators protest the death of Walter Wallace Jr.The Washington Post/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Monday afternoon, nearly an hour into a virtual public hearing on how Philadelphia should oversee its police department, the Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler jumped into the video meeting, turning…
An Ex-Cop Is Running as a Reformer to Unseat LA’s First Black District Attorney
Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey (left) and her challenger, former San Francisco District Attorney George GascónMother Jones illustration; Damian Dovarganes/AP, Paul Sakuma/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In the days after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, George Gascón, an ex-police…