What It Was Like to Be a Black Patient in a Jim Crow Asylum
Mother Jones; Mark Clennon Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In March 1911, the segregated Crownsville asylum opened outside Baltimore, Maryland, admitting only Black patients. It was the first to house Black people in the state, but when they arrived, their main role wasn’t to…
Rudy Giuliani Ordered to Pay $148 Million to the Election Workers He Defamed
Rudy Giuliani arrives at federal court in Washington on Dec. 15.Jim Lo Scalzo/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a jury unanimously ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million in compensatory and punitive damages to two Georgia election workers he defamed. The judgment…
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…
A Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Just Ruled a Texas County Violated the Voting Rights Act
Brandon Bell/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a Trump-appointed federal judge struck down an electoral map in Galveston, Texas, saying it violates the Voting Rights Act and amounts to “egregious” discrimination against Black and Latino voters. “This is not a typical redistricting case,”…
The Disturbing Story of How America Saved the Buffalo
Mother Jones; Library of Congress; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If you attended high school in the United States, you likely learned about the “Great Slaughter” of the American buffalo: During the 19th century, with the aid of the railroad, hide hunters poured into…
In a National First, California May Ban “Willful Defiance” Suspensions
Robin Rayne/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A new bill has reached the desk of California Gov. Gavin Newsom that would bar the state’s public and charter schools from suspending or expelling students in sixth through twelfth grades for “willful defiance,” a largely undefined…