Harris Would Ban Paying Disabled Workers Less Than Minimum Wage—Except in Prison
Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in North Carolina. Josh Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Earlier this month, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign dropped an issues page detailing the Democratic candidate’s priorities if elected. One brief but important point: Harris’ platform…
Oklahoma Takes a Step to Help Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence
iStock / Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that will allow courts to shorten the prison sentences of people who can prove they committed their crime because they were experiencing domestic violence—a significant reform in…
Oklahoma Is Finally Trying to Cut Prison Time for Abused Moms
Kerry King and her kids during a visit at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center Mother Jones; Photo courtesy of King’s family Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A year and a half after Mother Jones exposed how Oklahoma courts were imprisoning mothers for longer than their…
A Whistleblower, a Sudden Death, and the Most Dangerous Prison in California
Inmates walk through the exercise yard at California State Prison Sacramento, near Folsom. This season of ‘On Our Watch’, featured on this week’s episode of Reveal, follows in the footsteps of a whistleblower officer, whose tragic death helps uncover the secrets hidden inside the most dangerous prison in California. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the…
Bad Jobs Often Follow a Prison Sentence. They Want to Change That.
This story is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. We asked photographers to show us the paradox of today’s labor movement. Even as the popularity of unions has grown over the last decade, actual membership has continued to decline. Can new enthusiasm revitalize American labor? Read about this unique moment…
Biden Ordered the DOJ to Stop Using Private Prisons. Thousands Are Still Being Held Inside.
Michael Brochstein/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost three years ago, during his first week in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order instructing the Justice Department to stop renewing its contracts with private prison companies. The news was like a glimpse of…