This Kafkaesque Nightmare Shows Just How Absurd the Travel Ban Is
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Editor’s Note: On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, Mother Jones asked readers to share their stories about how the ban has affected them. We’re following up with readers and publishing their stories. You can share your own story at the bottom of this…
Why Do We Need So Many Pennies?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last night I happened to be looking at an old book of pennies and I was struck by the number of pennies minted each year. It’s gone up a lot since I was born. Here is penny production over my lifetime: In 1958 we produced…
Facebook Accidentally Tells the Truth
Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. BuzzFeed has dug up a memo written a couple of years ago by Facebook vice president Andrew “Boz” Bosworth. He now says he never believed any of it and wrote it just to be provocative. Here’s an excerpt: The ugly truth is…
Jeff Sessions Won’t Appoint a Second Special Counsel—For Now
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Sacramento, California earlier this month.Randy Pench/TNS via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday declined to appoint a second special counsel, who would be charged with investigating matters related to a series of 2016 probes related to Hillary Clinton…
The Attorney for Stephon Clark’s Family Alleges Officers Who Shot Him Violated Department Policy
Demonstrators protest the police killing of Stephon Clark in New York City on March 28.Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the family of Stephon Clark, tells Mother Jones he believes the Sacramento police officers who shot Clark, unarmed in his grandmother’s…
Here’s What Donald Trump Could Do If He Really Wants to Stop Amazon’s Abuses
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Trump ramped up his attacks against Amazon on Thursday, tweeting that he has long had “concerns” about the online retailer, even before the election. His apparent beef is that Amazon does not pay enough taxes, (supposedly) uses the US Postal Service at the nation’s expense, and drives other…