How Police Unions Responded to the Assault on the Capitol
Police clash with pro-Trump supporters outside the United States Capitol Wednesday. J.M. Giordano / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP 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.After a violent mob of Trump supporters broke into the US…
Biden Wants to Fight Domestic Terrorism. Here’s How He Can Do It.
Ku Klux Klan parade, September 13, 1926.Library of Congress 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.During a press conference on Thursday announcing Justice Department nominees, President-elect Joe Biden did not mince words about the grim events that…
Forget Social Media: Fox News Is Still the Real Problem
See? All just peas in a pod.Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press via 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.I get questions. For example, one reader emails to ask my why I have such a special animus towards Fox…
How Would the Police Have Reacted if Black People Stormed the Capitol?
Michael Nigro/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.While a joint session of the US Congress was in the process of attempting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win, a violent white mob incited by outgoing President…
Trump Incited Domestic Terror. Now What?
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.What a wild 24 hours. After a Trump-incited mob stormed the Capitol yesterday, a growing number of Democrats—including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi*—are calling for…
Catch Our Liveblog Coverage of the Insurrection Attempt
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.Making sense of what happened yesterday, January 6, when a mob stormed the Capitol after President Trump ordered them there to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, takes context. Start…