Over 700 Complaints About NYPD Officers Abusing Black Lives Matter Protesters, Then Silence
John Lamparski/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.This story was originally published by ProPublica and The City. It was one of the most brutal police responses to last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. As hundreds of…
4 States Propose Harsh New Penalties for Climate Protesters
Activist Tania Aubid, of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, speaks in St. Paul, MN, to protesters opposed to the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline.(Tim Evans/NurPhoto/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.This story was originally published by…
How State Capitals Are Bracing for Possible Violence Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration
A Minnesota State Trooper stands guard on the steps of the Capitol building in Saint Paul on January 16, 2021. Tim Evans/NurPhoto/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.Pro-Trump supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6 was something…
A List of the Lawmakers Who Joined Pro-Trump Crowds on the Day of the Capitol Riot
Shay Horse/NurPhoto/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.Among the pro-Trump crowd on January 6, when a mob stormed the Capitol and caused five deaths, were more than a dozen state lawmakers, many of whom now face calls…
HHS Secretary Blasts Trump’s Role in Capitol Riots in Resignation Letter
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/LightRocket/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.Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar condemned President Trump’s “actions and rhetoric following the election” in a resignation letter obtained by CNN, telling Trump that these actions “threaten…
Trump Supporters Spread Chaos to State Capitals
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.In the midst of the unprecedented assault on the United States Capitol by Trump supporters, where at least one person has been shot and reportedly died, protests…