The Accountant Who Wants to Take On the Police
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One night in late January, Los Angeles’ brand new controller, Kenneth Mejia, zipped up an official windbreaker with a city seal on the left breast, and walked out of City Hall to police headquarters. Mejia, an athletic 32-year-old with…
Crime Mattered in Chicago’s Mayoral Race—Just Not How Pundits Implied It Would
Mother Jones; Jim Vondruska/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the weeks leading up to Chicago’s mayoral election, polls showed that voters were especially concerned about crime. This led plenty of journalists and political pundits to suggest that the candidate with a tougher, police-centric…
The Future of American Environmental Protests May be Unfolding in a Forest Outside Atlanta
A demonstrator holds a sign protesting the death of activist Manuel Teran, who went by Tortuguita, in Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Tortuguita was killed Wednesday, Jan. 18, after authorities said the 26-year-old shot a state trooper. They are the first environmental activist killed by law enforcement in the United States. R.J. Rico/AP Fight…
“All I Want Is My Baby Brother Back”
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Three weeks after his death at the hands of Memphis police, Tyre Nichols is finally being laid to rest. On Wednesday, friends and family gathered to celebrate Nichols’ life at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in…
The Death of a DC Teacher Renews Calls for Defunding LA Police
steinphoto/ Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 3, Los Angeles police officers killed 31-year-old Keenan Anderson, a Washington, DC, high school English teacher, who was visiting family. He went into cardiac arrest after being repeatedly tased by police responding to a…
Hero of 2022: Those LA Police Funding Billboards
Mother Jones; Kenneth Mejia About a month after President Joe Biden declared in his State of the Union address that the answer to crime is to “fund the police, fund them, fund them,” a mint green billboard appeared above a gas station one block from a northern Los Angeles Police Department precinct. Passersby who happened…