You Aren’t the Ones Who Are Struggling to Breathe
mpi04/MediaPunch/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.They’re everywhere these days—in our grocery stores, at our post offices, and attending our city council meetings. They’re furious and victimized by a great social injustice that has befallen this nation. Outraged white people are in full rebellion over mask mandates.…
Trump Shared a Video of a Supporter Yelling “White Power”
Early this morning, President Donald Trump shared a video of a white man in a golf cart with Trump campaign posters yelling “white power!” The video, shot at the Villages, a retirement community in Florida, showed an expletive-filled confrontation between a line of Trump supporters riding in golf carts and protesters calling them “racists” and…
Tom Cotton’s Argument Against DC Statehood Is the Same One Racists Have Always Used
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) sounded the alarm that DC statehood would create a weirdly shaped blob.C-Span. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday, the House of Representatives is set to pass a bill that would make Washington, DC, the 51st state. The District would change its name…
Detroit Teens Are Teaming Up to Paint Murals of Justice
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Artists are doing their best in Detroit, and around the country, to celebrate the progress and inspire more like it as the protests against police violence and racial injustice continue. Dozens of teens are using paint rollers to create a massive mural…
Trump Reboots His Campaign With Some Racist Crap
Sue Ogrocki/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The man who kicked off his first presidential campaign with racism about Mexicans rebooted his second one on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a racist fantasia to explain why the police shouldn’t be defunded. At his first rally since the…
First Person Arrested Ahead of Trump’s Tulsa Rally
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tulsa police have arrested a woman for trespassing in the arena where the Trump rally will take place later today. The woman, who told an MSNBC reporter that she had a ticket for the event, was wearing a shirt that said “I…