Despite Moratorium, Bay Area Landlords Are “Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands” to Drive Tenants Out
Mother Jones illustration; Getty 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.Early last May, while much of California was still under stay-at-home orders, Afamefuna Odiwe visited a house he owned in East Oakland. He wasn’t living there. He…
Love, God, and Surveillance in a Little Fortress of LGBTQ Oppression
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.There wasn’t a specific moment in which Seth Graves understood himself to be gay, just like there wasn’t a specific moment in which he realized he loved to while away hours…
The House Just Voted to Create a Commission to Investigate the January 6 Riots
Essdras M. Suarez/Zuma Wire 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 measure to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol passed in the House Wednesday evening with bipartisan support. Despite opposition…
McDonald’s Workers Are Striking for a $15 Minimum Wage
Protesters gather outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Minneapolis during a Fight for $15 demonstration in 2016.David Joles/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.In the past few weeks, McDonald’s outposts have responded to a supposed shortage of…
Texas Governor Signs 6-Week Abortion Ban, Teeing Up a Litigation Free-for-All
Texas Gov. Greg AbbottLM Otero/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.Today, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that bans abortion at six weeks and allows any private citizen, regardless of where they live…
In New York, the Criminal Probe Into the Trump Organization Just Seriously Intensified
AP Photo/Alex Brandon 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.New York attorney general Letitia James notified the Trump Organization on Tuesday that she has expanded her long-running civil investigation into former president Donald Trump’s business empire to…