Donald Trump Asked, “What Do You Have to Lose?” This Illinois Town Found Out.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In April 2017, Demarion Duncan learned he’d have to move. That in itself would not be the end of the world; the McBride public housing project in Cairo, Illinois, where the 12-year-old Duncan lived with his mom, dad, and two younger siblings, was falling apart.…
Doc Gave Me a Startling Look Into the Opioid Crisis. Then He Was Gone.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Julia Lurie, Mother Jones reporter: When I first met Doc and Dre last August, they thought I was an undercover cop, or maybe a heroin user who was just getting started. They were standing with a group of guys under an awning on a gray, humid…
Neko Case’s “Hell-On” Is Harrowing and Absorbing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Neko CaseHell-OnANTI- Neko Case has such a strong, commanding voice that it’s hard to see how she could convey vulnerability, but Hell-On brims with sadness and regret. Her alt-country roots long are since forgotten—this riveting art-pop work mixes gorgeous, unpredictable melodies with inventive, sometimes oblique…
Even ICE Agents Hate ICE
Orit Ben-Ezzer via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Customs and Border Protection is in charge of apprehending undocumented immigrants within 100 miles of the border. ICE does the same thing for the interior of the country. But ICE is actually two agencies: the Enforcement and Removal Operations division, or…
Andrés Manuel López Obrador Wins Mexico’s Presidential Election
Jose Pazos/Notimex/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mexican voters on Sunday elected leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador as their next president, sending a strong rebuke to Enrique Peña Nieto, the country’s current president, whose popularity has tanked amid rampant violence and corruption. Exit polls had López Obrador winning…
Trump: If Democrats Abolish ICE, You’ll “Be Afraid to Walk Out of Your House”
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at Democrats and activists who have called for abolishing or replacing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. ICE agents “are the guys that go in and take MS-13, and they take them out,” said Trump, referring…