Mother Jones Magazine

It would be an understatement to say that Zohran Mamdani was a bit of an unknown when he began his campaign for mayor of New York City. As recently as January, the democratic socialist state assembly member from Astoria, Queens, was polling at just 1 percent in some polls. But now Mamdani is poised to […]

This post has been syndicated from Mother Jones, where it was published under this address.

The Trump administration argues it has the right to deport certain immigrants to far-flung, dangerous locations such as Libya, South Sudan, and an infamous labor prison in El Salvador without the due process rights guaranteed by the US Constitution, immigration law, and international humanitarian treaties the United States has signed. In these countries, they face […]

This post has been syndicated from Mother Jones, where it was published under this address.

After the election of President Donald Trump, many undocumented immigrants knew there would be a push for mass deportation. The new president had promised it, again and again. The recent escalation—including ICE raids at homes, restaurants, car washes, and Home Depot parking lots across Los Angeles—has left many immigrants in California on edge. Protesters erupted […]

This post has been syndicated from Mother Jones, where it was published under this address.

After the election of President Donald Trump, many undocumented immigrants knew there would be a push for mass deportation. The new president had promised it, again and again. The recent escalation—including ICE raids at homes, restaurants, car washes, and Home Depot parking lots across Los Angeles—has left many immigrants in California on edge. Protesters erupted […]

This post has been syndicated from Mother Jones, where it was published under this address.

Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. A few days after the 2024 election, Zohran Mamdani filmed the first video in a mayoral campaign that would come to be defined by them. Standing on street corners in the Bronx and Queens, the 33-year-old Democratic-Socialist state assemblyman asked a procession […]

This post has been syndicated from Mother Jones, where it was published under this address.

At the end of May, conservative radio host turned FBI deputy director Dan Bongino announced on Twitter/X that the agency would reopen three Biden-era cases: an investigation into who planted pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC headquarters in January 2021, another on who leaked the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, and—surely, the most pressing of […]

This post has been syndicated from Mother Jones, where it was published under this address.