“Antisemitism” vs. “Anti-Semitism”: The Style Debate Is Settled, But the Hate and Harm Are Rising
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty, Jeff Swensen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“Is it antisemitism or anti-Semitism?” a Mother Jones reporter asked me last week, a question freshly in focus as campus protests grow. It’s been six months since the FBI announced that antisemitism…
Ruby Bridges Blasts Book Bans As “Ridiculous” Attempts to “Cover Up History”
Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the South, thinks book bans are “ridiculous.” Rogelio V. Solis/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U.S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given…
Trump Claims His Mug Shot Wins Him Black Voters
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump decisively won South Carolina’s GOP primary election against challenger Nikki Haley on Saturday, with the former president earning about 60 percent of Republican votes to Haley’s 40 percent. “This was a little sooner…
My Dad Was a White Slave, Kentucky Republican Tells NAACP
Kentucky Republican state Rep. Jennifer Decker told a local NAACP chapter on the first day of Black History Month that her white father was a “slave”—before later admitting she “probably overstated,” according to a local report.Jon Cherry/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Kentucky…
How the FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement
People protest for racial justice near the Colorado State Capitol on June 6, 2020.Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In case you missed it, Mother Jones has officially merged with the nonprofit investigative news outlet Reveal. Among many other exciting changes, this means that going forward…
The Kansas City Chiefs Still Have a Racist Name
Ed Zurga/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers head to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Native activists will for the fourth time in five years travel to the stadium where the championship…