Federal Judge Rules Georgia’s Congressional Maps Violate the Voting Rights Act
A young boy holds a sign during a rally advocating for early voting and voting rights on Sunday, October 30, 2022 in Decatur, GA.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge on Thursday ruled that voting maps created by Georgia Republicans violated…
Sugarcane Burning Is a Plague on These Black Floridians
A sugar cane field burning near Canal Point, Florida. Friends of the Everglades This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Christine Louis-Jeune knew she was home when she saw ash falling from the sky and onto her windshield. She hadn’t been back to her central Florida hometown…
The Karens Policing Black Kids’ Hair Aren’t Here to Help
Michael Wyke/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Barbers High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, after administering more than 40 days of in-school suspension to 18-year-old Darryl George for the length of his dreadlocks, removed him from classes and enrolled him in a disciplinary…
Black Student Suspended Over Dreadlocks Removed and Transferred to a Disciplinary Program
Michael Wyke/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Texas high school that suspended a Black student for more than a month over the length of his dreadlocks is removing the student and transferring him to an alternative disciplinary program. Starting yesterday, Darryl George, an…
How the Surveillance of Black Hair Can Kill a Child’s Spirit
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In January 2020, Barbers Hill High School in Texas made national headlines after suspending a Black student over his dreadlocks, ordering DeAndre Arnold to cut them if he wanted to attend graduation. The incident partly inspired the CROWN Act,…
Child Protective Service Workers Share Their “Secret Truths That Haunt”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Their gatherings were like something you’d expect after war, or genocide. Halting voices. Silences. The hush of a confessional. But these weren’t soldiers—they were social workers. They spoke from their homes via the dispassionate confines of a Zoom conference. One…