Minneapolis Is Quietly Trying to Throw Out the Lawsuit Against the Cop Who...
The city of Minneapolis is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against the police officer who killed Amir Locke during a February 2022 raid that sparked protests. Locke, a 22-year-old Black...
View ArticleAtlanta Residents Could Soon Vote on Cop City
On Wednesday, an Atlanta city clerk approved a referendum petition from opponents of the Public Safety Training Center—now perhaps better known as “Cop City”—which is slated to be built on 100 acres of...
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After the Police Kill Your Loved One, Who Can You Lean On?
On a warm Friday afternoon in February, Bianca Austin waits in her Airbnb in Gulfport, Mississippi, for a new friend to come by. “Hey, girl!” she says, jumping up from her chair as Katrina Mateen walks...
View ArticleAtlanta Officials Push to Build Cop City Without a Public Vote
Last Thursday, a federal judge upheld the First Amendment rights of residents living outside of Atlanta to collect signatures to force a vote on whether or not to build an infamous training center that...
View ArticleHow Police Work the Media When Civilians Die in Custody
The initial narratives pushed by law enforcement after so-called “officer-involved shootings” or fatal beatings, particularly of Black men, have been found wrong many times over. In January, the...
View ArticleChris Christie Wants a Federal Probe of Cop City Protesters
Former New Jersey governor and current Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie wants the federal government to come down hard on protesters who are trying to stop the construction of a police...
View ArticleVoting Rights Groups Condemn Atlanta’s Verification Process for Cop City...
On Monday, more than 25 of the leading voting rights groups in Georgia—including Fair Fight Action and New Georgia Project, both founded by former Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams—signed an open...
View ArticleBody Camera Footage Shows Ohio Police Fatally Shooting a Pregnant Mother of Two
“Are you going to shoot me?” Those were some of 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young’s last words before a police officer shot her in Blendon Township, Ohio, according to body camera footage made public on...
View ArticleMigrants’ DNA Is Fueling a Massive Expansion of the FBI’s Genetic Database
Ever since the Trump administration scaled up DNA collection from migrants in federal custody, immigration officials have been pouring massive quantities of genetic data into the FBI’s national law...
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You’re Sexually Assaulted. You Report. And Police Make You the Suspect.
This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sequestered in a small interrogation room, sipping an...
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After the Police Kill Your Loved One, Who Can You Lean On?
On a warm Friday afternoon in February, Bianca Austin waits in her Airbnb in Gulfport, Mississippi, for a new friend to come by. “Hey, girl!” she says, jumping up from her chair as Katrina Mateen walks...
View ArticleExclusive: A Prominent Election Rights Lawyer Is Calling Out Atlanta’s Voter...
One of the most prominent Democratic Party-aligned law firms, Elias Law Group—led by noted election lawyer Marc Elias—has waded into the legal battle surrounding the proposed ballot referendum for...
View ArticleBiden Pushes to Renew Spy Program That Threatens Communities of Color
Early one morning in 2015, FBI agents stormed the home of Xiaoxing Xi and arrested him at gunpoint. As his wife and daughters stood in shock, officers handcuffed the Temple University physics professor...
View ArticleOne of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed
On December 22, President Joe Biden signed a $886 billion defense bill that renewed one of the US government’s most controversial spy programs. Tucked in the 3,000-page legislation is an extension of...
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Can Cori Bush Hold On?
In mid-October, Wesley Bell, St. Louis County’s first-ever Black prosecuting attorney, appeared at a virtual event for Missouri Democratic voters eager to discuss the race he was running against Sen....
View ArticleWhat Happens If We Actually Treat Fetuses Like People?
In ruling that frozen embryos should be legally considered the same as children under a wrongful death law, the Alabama Supreme Court furthered a growing movement hoping to enshrine “fetal...
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There’s a Communist Multimillionaire Fomenting Revolution in Atlanta
In 2021, when Keisha Lance Bottoms, then Atlanta’s mayor, revealed plans for a new $90 million police training facility, she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the project was essential “if we...
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Alabama Lawmakers Want Prison for False Reporting Charges. That Could Have...
Last year, 25-year-old Carlee Russell called 911 in Hoover, Alabama, reporting that there was a child on the interstate. Then Russell vanished, and no child was found. A massive search effort followed,...
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Berkeley’s People’s Park Is a Metaphor That Has Outlived Its Use
This essay was originally published on Dashka Slater’s Substack, A Sigh of Relief, which you can sign up for here. I was homeless when I started college at the University of California, Berkeley....
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A New Police Force Chased a 17-Year-Old Boy to His Death. Then It Vanished.
Cruising south down a two-lane highway in Montana, Braven Glenn looked out onto the open road, the evening sky chilly and dark. It was November 24, 2020—half a year into the pandemic and three months...
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