The Forgotten History of Wyoming’s Black Miners
James E. Shepperson was pictured in the Seattle Republican, a now-defunct Black newspaper, on Oct. 26, 1900. 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 High Country News and is reproduced here as part of…
A Road Map for Getting Rid of Racist Cops
taka4332/iStock/Getty Images Plus 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.It’s hard to forget the image: Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker, two off-duty Virginia police officers, pose for a selfie in the US Capitol, one of them raising…
A Disproportionate Share of COVID-19 Vaccines Are Going to White People
Scott Eisen/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.Since the start of the pandemic, deep racial inequities in US society have led to people of color being infected and dying of the coronavirus at higher rates than white people.…
Taking Selfies During an Insurrection Exposes One of the Most Dangerous Parts of White Privilege
Saul Lobe/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 days after a violent mob stormed the Capitol fueled by the lie that the presidential election had been stolen, a stream of photo and video evidence of…
Trump’s State Department Had a “Humiliating” Lack of Diversity. Can Joe Biden Fix It?
Mother Jones illustration; Wikimedia CommonsOn Friday October 23, the State Department quietly decided to halt all “training programs related to diversity and inclusion.” For department employees, it was a fitting bookend to a presidential administration that has been hostile to the idea of diversity and uninterested in challenging the stereotype of US diplomats as “pale, male, and…
How Lawmakers Failed Jacob Blake
Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, holds a candle at a rally Monday in Kenosha.Morry Gash/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.Jacob Blake, paralyzed and still suffering from injuries, got a phone call on Tuesday…