Julia Lurie

The summer of 2021 was supposed to be a joyful season of life for Mattie Quinlan: She had just gotten married and was settling down with her husband, Ryan, in Provo, Utah. The young couple, who had met during their mission trips with the Mormon church, wa... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For years, some of Alaska’s most vulnerable children have faced harsh conditions for months at a time in locked psychiatric facilities. A new law aims to change that. The legislation, HB 36, follows a 2023 Mother J... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Last week, Mother Jones published firsthand accounts of children and parents detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the nation’s only family detention center. The stories, which came from sworn oral ... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A familiar pattern developed during the federal government’s massive deportation operation in Minnesota: Despite showing documents proving active immigration cases, pending visas, or even US citizenship, residents ... See more

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ian Austin, the Army veteran who was arrested in Minneapolis on Friday by federal agents for participating in an anti-ICE protest, has been released without conditions. Austin was featured in a viral Mother Jones v... See more