Black Unemployment Is at a Historic Low—But Don’t Thank Trump
Nicholas Aikens waits to talk to employers at a career fair in Memphis, TennesseeKyle Kurlick/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs reports usually don’t make much of a splash, but the latest one, released last Friday, contained a quiet surprise. While the overall jobs…
Lena Waithe’s Gripping New Drama Series Is “Super Black, Super Authentic, Super Chicago”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 33-year-old actress and writer Lena Waithe is best known for her role as Denise, Aziz Ansari’s pal in the Netflix series Master of None. In September, she became the first black woman to win a comedy writing Emmy for the show’s “Thanksgiving” episode—Denise’s…
Pot Legalization Is Transforming California’s Criminal Justice Landscape. Here’s How.
An arrest for marijuana DUI in 2016—California’s laws on that front haven’t changed.Bill Alkofer/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You’ve probably already heard legal weed is coming to California in 2018. Actually, possession of an ounce or less and private recreational use both became legal in November 2016, when…
A Quick Guide to Legal Pot in California
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Californians, legal cannabis is right around the corner. But we have questions. And as it turns out, many of you do, too. A couple weeks ago we wanted to know what questions you had about pot, and the responses were overwhelming.…
In Texas, a Slow, Grinding, Frustrating Recovery 3 Months After Harvey
A man stands in his still damaged home the week before ThanksgivingDavid J. Phillip/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Rockport, Texas, bringing four feet of rain to Houston and the surrounding area, the recovery process for those who live…
This Book Will Challenge Everything You Thought You Knew About Hate Crimes
Students at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, California, wear skirts in support of their classmate Sasha Fleischman, an agender teen, in November 2013. AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Doug Oakley Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It seemed to happen so suddenly. One minute Sasha Fleischman, an agender teen on their…