Derek Chauvin was just sentenced to 22.5 years in prison

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( June 25, 2021 More than 150 people are unaccounted for and at least four are dead in the Miami-area condo collapse that occurred early yesterday morning. There's a lot of news today, from the FBI having searched the home of a [Rudy Giuliani associate]( to the [Justice Department suing Georgia]( over its voter suppression law to the [sentencing of Derek Chauvin]( for the murder of George Floyd. But I can't help but be particularly captivated by the disaster in Miami. Rescue workers are currently combing through the wreckage and searching for survivors, but, as the director of Miami-Dade Emergency Management told the [Miami Herald]( yesterday, "Everyone who is alive is out of the building." The Herald, unsurprisingly, has the most extensive coverage of the collapse I've seen. [Read it here](. —Abigail Weinberg Advertisement [Coda Story]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years in Prison]( Chauvin's sentence was determined by his "abuse of a position of trust and authority." BY ABIGAIL WEINBERG [Trending] [Exclusive: The FBI searched the home of a Rudy Giuliani associate]( BY DAN FRIEDMAN AND RUSS CHOMA [The Justice Department is suing Georgia over its voter suppression law]( BY ARI BERMAN [Eight years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Widespread voter suppression resulted.]( REPORTED BY ARI BERMAN; VIDEO BY SAM VAN PYKEREN [To know George Washington is not necessarily to love him. Just ask historian Alexis Coe.]( BY BECCA ANDREWS Advertisement [Coda Story]( [Weekend Reads] [Special Feature]( [How Amazon Bullies, Manipulates, and Lies to Reporters]( The company’s cutthroat corporate culture cripples critical coverage—and your right to know. BY ALI BRELAND [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( [Recharge] SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE [An “Avalanche” of Foster Care Donations Breaks Records After a Reddit Post Goes Viral]( For all the sweeping injustices embedded in the foster care system—my colleague Julia Lurie’s [investigation]( is invaluable—take a moment for this [boost](. A children’s charity site nearly crashed with record-breaking donations after a Reddit chat drove traffic, causing what the small nonprofit, One Simple Wish, called an “avalanche of support.” The thread was titled “What is something you’ve done purely out of the goodness of your heart, but have never told anyone?” A commenter said they’d bought a bike for an 11-year-old through the wish site. Hundreds of replies poured in. Tens of thousands of upvotes immediately followed, and small donations reached almost $100,000. “We’re a small team with big hearts and…are truly about the kids first, so I am just so proud the world is hearing about us,” [said]( founder Danielle Gletow, a children’s rights activist, adding that the donations met every wish on the site’s list before overloading it. The site was “not able to handle all the attention.” The galvanizing power and long arm of Reddit cut both ways—for good and ill, sometimes called the Reddit Hug or the Hug of Death, when the large site links to a smaller one and spikes it. For its part, Reddit is both [hero]( and [villain](—and [supervillain](. Take your cheer where you can. And then read Julia’s [investigation](. —Daniel King Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755