A Bitterly Divided Senate Elevates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate today voted 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The closeness of his confirmation vote is unprecedented. Kavanaugh won even fewer ayes than Justice Clarence…
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Guilty of Murder in Laquan McDonald Shooting
Officer Jason Van Dyke listens to the prosecution’s closing statements at his murder trial.Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/AP/Pool Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A jury in Cook County, Illinois, has found white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, guilty of second-degree murder. The…
Four White Supremacists Arrested for Their Role in Charlottesville Violence
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Four white supremacists, “among the most violent individuals present” during the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” weekend, have been arrested on felony conspiracy charges, federal officials said Tuesday. JUST IN: Federal authorities announce arrest of four members of white supremacist group “for committing various acts of…
The New M.I.A. Documentary Isn’t the Film She Would Have Made, But This One’s Probably Better
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Getting people to care about conflicts in faraway lands is a losing battle. But try telling that to 43-year-old Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam (stage name M.I.A.), whose family fled war-torn Sri Lanka for London when she was nine, leaving her “terrorist” father behind with the Tamil…
Brian Wansink, the Cornell Professor Known for His Fun Food Research, Retires Amid Scandal
Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brian Wansink, the celebrated Cornell University behavioral scientist whose studies have come under increasing scrutiny because of alleged problems with data and methodology, has told Cornell he intends to retire. He gave notice, in a letter he shared with Mother Jones, one day…
It’s 2018 and Candidates Are Still Running Attack Ads Against Iraq War Protesters
McSally for Senate/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally, both current members of Congress, are locked in a tight contest in the race to succeed retiring Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake. McSally, who touts the endorsement of President Donald Trump despite refusing to say…