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A New Film Explores the Not-So-Distant History of Gay Cruising Arrests

Last June, as David was returning from visiting friends in New Jersey, he stopped to use a restroom in New York City’s Penn Station. He told Out...

04.03.2026 7

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Jeffrey Kelly

Trump Wants You to Forget That George Washington Owned Slaves

On Thursday just before noon, bundled up couples and small groups of people wandered through the President’s House on Independence Hall, some...

21.02.2026 300

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Jeffrey Kelly

Hero of 2025: Rosalía

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...

02.01.2026 8

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Jeffrey Kelly

Alabama’s Poet Laureate Reckons with Personal and Political Grief

In 2023, while on a group hike through the Sipsey River, Ashley M. Jones, Alabama’s youngest and first Black poet laureate, sat in a clearing and...

24.09.2025 5

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Jeffrey Kelly