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…
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…
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…
A Radical New Plan for MeToo Turns Away From “Law and Order” Feminism
Jae C. Hong/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Not long after Brett Kavanaugh landed a lifetime gig on the Supreme Court, Mónica Ramírez started thinking about what it would take to make survivors of sexual violence into a political force to be reckoned…
An Anonymous Juror in Breonna Taylor’s Case Just Made a Startling Statement
A ground mural depicting Breonna Taylor is seen at a park in Maryland.Julio Cortez/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In September, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that a grand jury had decided not to indict any police officers for fatally shooting Breonna…
New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect
A Washington State trooper at the scene where deputized federal marshals shot and killed Michael Reinoehl on Sept. 3.Nathan Howard/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign…