Californians Love to Brag About Their Wokeness. So Why Do They Keep Rejecting Progressive Ballot Measures?
Students hoping for a repeal of California’s Proposition 209 hold signs as they protest outside of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on February 13, 2012. Justin Sullivan/Staff/GettyImages 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.Daniel Ho-Sang…
Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?
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.On a steamy Saturday in late June, Joyce McMillan stood outside the Brooklyn Family Court wearing a T-shirt that had “TRUTH OVER TRADITION” emblazoned across the front. A crowd of about…
What’s the Matter With Cultural Politics?
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.Even while the votes were still rolling in, it had become axiomatic among the green-room set that Democrats had hurt themselves by focusing too much on “cultural issues.” Surely you’ve heard…
New CDC Data Confirms the Pandemic’s Outsize Impact on People of Color
Jae C. Hong/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.As coronavirus case rates and deaths reach record highs and ICUs across the country near capacity, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the…
A Netflix Doc Wants to Fix Our Food System With Capitalism. “Gather” Argues That’s How It Broke.
Apache forager Twila Cassadore.Courtesy Gather 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.Early on in Gather, a new documentary about Native Americans searching for food sovereignty, we follow Nephi Craig on a tour of a former gas station…
How “the Latino Vote” Was Invented
The Puerto Rican flag waves as former President Barack Obama speaks at a Biden–Harris drive-in rally in Orlando, Florida, in October. Ricardo Aruengo/AFP/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.Long before the 2020 election, Latino leaders…