How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID
Just five minutes away from Debra Furr-Holden’s cluttered home office in Flint is the house she lived in as a teenager, on Pontiac Street, in a zip code that now has among the lowest life expectancies in the city: 73 years. I learned that last bit from Furr-Holden herself. She cited the figure the way…
The Olympics’ Dumb Rules Could Keep Black Women Off the Podium
Charlie Riedel/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The governing bodies around the world responsible for determining who competes at the Olympics—and who doesn’t—seem to have it out for Black women. In two weeks, what should have been the 2020 Summer Olympics will kick…
The Most Crucial Part of the New Georgia Lawsuit Is Proving GOP Intentionally Targeted Black Voters
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on voting rights at the Department of Justice in Washington, June 25, 2021Patrick Semansky/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.The Biden Justice Department sued the state of…
Could A Third Term Possibly Be What Atlanta Needs? Former Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed Makes His Bid.
Written by Ashley Nelson and Jim Welcome Atlanta, our nation’s cultural capital, home of the Black experience, Black excellence, and to what most would presume…
How the George Floyd Uprising Was Framed for White Eyes
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 1963, Walter Gadsden, 15 years old, was attacked by a police dog during a protest on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. The moment was captured by Bill Hudson of the…
The Shot in the Eye Squad
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 been a year since I was shot in the face with a tear gas canister. I remember hearing the shot. When I close my eyes I can still see the…