Border Patrol’s Toxic Culture Goes Way Beyond Facebook Groups. It’s Actually for Sale on a T-Shirt.
Mother Jones photoillustration A Border Patrol agent who allegedly hit a migrant with his agency truck is going on trial next month, and a federal judge ruled Thursday that some of the racist text messages he sent before and after hitting the man can be used in court. On December 3, 2017, Matthew Bowen, an…
How a Revolutionary Genetic Discovery Is Changing What We Know About Anorexia
Nattakorn Maneerat/iStock/Getty “Why won’t she eat more? Why won’t he eat more?” Cynthia Bulik, a clinical psychologist, and founding director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, says this is the question she hears repeatedly from parents of children with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder which causes…
Tom Steyer Wants You to Want Him to Be President
Jacob Rosenberg Tom Steyer—hedge fund billionaire, Democratic megadonor, and newly self-proclaimed presidential candidate—is prepared for the question. He’s only 10 days into his campaign, but he knows to expect it. Often, it’s the first question; sometimes it’s a single word. Why? In January, Steyer said he wasn’t running, but now he is, and so are 20-plus other Democrats. There’s the…
Trump’s Latest Ilhan Omar Smear Shows How Unfounded Right-Wing Claims Go Mainstream
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call On Wednesday, President Trump gave credence to a smear against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) when he told reporters that there was “a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother,” and that he was “sure that somebody will be looking at that.” It was almost only…
Prostitution Rumors or Porn Star Payoffs: What Was Hope Hicks Really Talking About?
Hope Hicks leaves the hearing room during a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee June 19, 2019.Alex Wong/Getty Was a 2016 phone call about paying off a porn star, or was it about a rumor that Donald Trump had been videotaped with prostitutes? That’s the surprising distinction that may determine whether Hope Hicks, President Donald…
The Summer Vibes on MAX’s Newest Track Will Have You Wishing This Season Never Ends
MAX This week: “Acid Dreams” by MAX & Felly (Colour Vision Records, 2019) Why we’re into it: MAX’s sound has always been upbeat, but “Acid Dreams” finally puts that energy into a track that’s both for the dance floor and a picnic in the park. MAX’s music is defined by its smoothness. Maybe it’s his vocals—which occupy…