How a Three-Word Phrase Sabotaged Black Voting Rights, and How They Can Be Reconstructed
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 1866, an Army officer named Robert Avery was stationed in North Carolina when he began hearing disturbing reports: Former rebels were rounding up as many Black men as they could…
Criminal Charges in Flint’s Water Fiasco Offers a Mere Trickle of Justice
Former Governor Rick Snyder following his arraignment on January 14, 2021. Ryan Garza/TNS via ZUMA Wire 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.No punishment has yet fit the crime of the Flint water crisis, complete with its…
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.…
“No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years
January 6, 2021, Washington Dc, District of Columbia, United States: Police confront rioters around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. Police used buttons and tear gas grenades to eventually disperse the crowd.…
Pharoahe Monch’s “Fight” Takes a Torch to the Moving Targets of American History
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 the morning after media outlets reported that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election, Pharoahe Monch tweeted a parting message to the dearly departing 45th president: “SIMON SAYS! GTF(OUT)!” The…
Trump Is Pardoning His Friends While Ignoring Pleas From Death Row
Evan Vucci/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.On Tuesday night, the White House announced that President Donald Trump had pardoned more than a dozen people, including the security contractors responsible for an Iraqi civilian massacre, his allies…