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“I was like, Oh, my God, look at her. She’s like me; she speaks Spanish, and she has an accent like my mom.” That’s how Mathia Vargas...
This morning President Joe Biden announced that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people serving longer prison terms for convictions...
President Joe Biden is running out of time, and so are federal prisoners awaiting clemency for marijuana-related criminal charges stemming from a...
Mother Jones illustration; Chepa Beltran/Sipa USA/AP, Richard Drew/AP Donald Trump has promised to carry out the biggest mass deportations in...
President Biden smiles at an event in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Susan Walsh/AP Today, President Joe Biden announced that he will...
Pedro Moreno, now 64, is serving a life term in federal prison for marijuana-related charges. Leo Pfeifer/Ground Floor On November 19, 1996, Pedro...
President Joe Biden walking with his son, Hunter, in July 2024. Susan Walsh/AP On Sunday, with less than two months remaining in his presidency,...
A group sits in front of the Tucson, Arizona section of the US-Mexico border. Matt York/AP Arizona voters passed Proposition 314, a measure that...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the Capitol on September 25, 2024. Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP With the Federal Emergency Management Agency reeling...
St. Petersburg’s Shore Acres neighborhood on September 27, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Mike Carlson/AP On Wednesday, Homeland Security...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on September 16. Mike...
Mother Jones illustration; Patrick Semansky/AP, Ivan Valencia/AP; Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Zuma Republicans have falsely labeled Kamala Harris as...
Mother Jones; Leigh Vogel/POOL/Zuma; Unsplash Kamala Harris has joked about experimenting with marijuana and—unlike another famous...