A Russian pedestrian walks along a bridge over the Moskva River in front of the Vodovzvodnaya tower of the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in central Moscow on October 4, 2022. Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images It’s a rough year to be a high-profile Russian: After nearly eight months of war in Ukraine, Read More…
Marc Wilson—the Black man convicted for shooting a 17-year-old in Georgia, despite claims of self-defense—will spend a decade in prison. Judge Ronnie Thompson handed down the maximum sentence for felony involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, although Wilson will be credited for his time spent awaiting trial. The decision brings closure to more than two years of Read More…
Women’s Prisons Are Filled With Domestic Violence Survivors. A New Type of Law Could Help Them Get Out. It passed in New York, and now other states may follow Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. April Rose Wilkens called me last month from a prison cell in Oklahoma, Read More…
Is Prison Life A Concrete Jungle How was it for you after completing your first year of a 3 to 5 prison sentence? Vernie Seidel How was it for you after completing your first year of a 3 to 5 prison sentence? I never did 3–5 years. I did 29 years on a life sentence. Read More…
Donald Trump The hearings of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection have already provided conclusive evidence that the effort to overturn the 2020 election was a conspiracy directed by a corrupt sitting president who knew the effort was based on lies and encouraged violence in pursuit of power. The damning testimony before the Read More…
Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Leaders of the SBC stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse for years, according to a 288-page scathing report. Southern Baptist pastors in Florida are among about 700 of the denomination’s clergy who have been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse, the church’s governing body said with the release Read More…
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