The Mob at the Capitol Proves That Blue Lives Have Never Mattered to Trump Supporters
Michael Nigro/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.A US Capitol Police officer is among the dead in the aftermath of the violent mob that seized the Capitol on Wednesday. Officer Brian Sicknick, who had been on…
How Police Unions Responded to the Assault on the Capitol
Police clash with pro-Trump supporters outside the United States Capitol Wednesday. J.M. Giordano / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP 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.After a violent mob of Trump supporters broke into the US…
The Collectible Coins That Celebrate the Dark Side of American Policing
Mother Jones illustration 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.The first military challenge coins, one story goes, were handed out in 1969 by a US Army colonel to build camaraderie in his Special Forces unit. He took…
A Black Professor’s Colleague Called the Cops on Him. What the School Did Next Made it Much Worse.
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.It’s a habit of David Moore’s, dropping profound quotations into conversation—sometimes it’s the Bible; sometimes it’s the Dhammapada, a Buddhist text. On this particular day, he’s referencing Malcolm X. “Equality is…
Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?
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 a steamy Saturday in late June, Joyce McMillan stood outside the Brooklyn Family Court wearing a T-shirt that had “TRUTH OVER TRADITION” emblazoned across the front. A crowd of about…
She Witnessed the Aftermath of the Kyle Rittenhouse Shootings. Now She’s Scared for Herself.
Defense attorney John Pierce, right, speaks as Kyle Rittenhouse, left, listens during an extradition hearing in a Lake County, Illinois, court in October.Nam Y. Huh, Pool/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.Katie Walker was reading in…