The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, Is a Dire Warning Sign
Jackson residents get water from a distribution site on March 7.Michael M. Santiago/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.Jackson, Mississippi, is finally on its way out of a nightmare water crisis. Freezing winter storms wreaked havoc…
“Only a Matter of Time”: Weary Coloradans Mourn Another Mass Shooting in Their State
Abigail Weinberg 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.The day after a gunman killed 10 people, including a police officer, at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, Paige Murray, a mourner at a makeshift vigil at…
Senate Republicans Argue Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police Are to Blame for Gun Violence
Tim Evans/Zuma 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 day after a gunman opened fire inside a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to debate a series of proposals…
Biden Calls on Senate to Immediately Pass Gun Reform Laws in Wake of Mass Shootings
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA 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.Biden called on lawmakers in the House and Senate to pass new gun reform measures in brief remarks Tuesday morning following a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado Monday that…
Report: Facebook Still Struggles to Contain Misinformation
Bill Clark-Pool/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.In 2016, Facebook was caught flatfooted. Throughout that year’s election, Americans using the platform confronted a range of misinformation as Russian state-sponsored trolls, Eastern European teenagers, and others…
How Our Tax Code Is Rigged Against Black Americans
Emory law professor Dorothy BrownAnn Watson 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.Emory University law professor Dorothy Brown saw a lot as a girl growing up in the South Bronx, including a white cop beating a handcuffed…