There’s Already an Alternative to Calling the Police
Carl Payne/High Country News For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. As citizens across the country fill the streets to protest police killings of Black people, the violent response from law enforcement…
The Revolution Is in the Streets—And It Slaps
Demonstrators marching to defund the Minneapolis Police Department dance on University Avenue on June 6, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Stephen Maturen / Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jubilation doesn’t arise in spite of protest—it’s present at the root. Coverage of this year’s uprisings has rightfully focused…
Breonna Taylor’s Death Prompts Louisville to Ban No-Knock Warrants
A sign in memory of Breonna Taylor in front of the US Consulate General in Krakow, PolandBeata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.About three months after police officers barged into Breonna Taylor’s home in Louisville, Kentucky, in the middle of the night and…
They Built a Utopian Sanctuary in a Minneapolis Hotel. Then They Got Evicted.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Saturday after George Floyd was killed, Abu Bakr Bryant, a 29-year-old from Minneapolis, found himself walking dazedly among the charred remains of Chicago Avenue, the street where Floyd took his last breaths. Shops and restaurants smoldered. Windows had been boarded up.…
Trump Just Showed Us His Core Campaign Message: Chaos in the Streets
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Chaos in the streets. Looters running free. Rioters threatening you and your family. Anarchists destroying…everything. And there’s only one way to stop the end of civilization: reelect Donald J. Trump as president. That’s what Trump’s core campaign message is becoming.…
San Francisco’s Police Union Just Made the Case for Defunding the Police
Police officers in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on May 31.Karl Mondon/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Following the lead of transit workers and agencies in Minneapolis, New York, and Boston, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (AKA Muni) announced yesterday that it would stop transporting…