Tired of New Jersey Corruption, Young Democrats Fight Back Against the Machine
Mother Jones illustration/Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Ethan Block heard that Andy Kim was running for Senate, he got to work. Over winter break, the Rutgers University senior launched a campus group to spread the word about the low-profile congressman taking…
Democrat Wins Special Election for George Santos’ House Seat
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Democrat Tom Suozzi was elected to replace indicted former GOP Rep. George Santos of New York in a special House election widely viewed as a bellwether contest ahead of the presidential election. Suozzi, who represented New…
Arab and Muslim American Leaders in Michigan Just Canceled a Meeting With the Biden Campaign
A protester waving a Palestinian Flag stands atop a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. during Detroit demonstration in support of a ceasefire in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. Matthew Hatcher/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A group of Muslim and Arab-American voters…
Meet the Black Kingmakers Left Behind After Democrats Killed Their Iowa Caucus
Mayor Quentin Hart, left, and Pastor Frantz WhitfieldMother Jones illustration: Getty (2); ZUMA (3) Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Set along the Cedar River a two hour drive north of Des Moines lies the small city of Waterloo—Iowa’s Blackest town. The river sharply divides…
Republicans Are Grasping for a Reason to Impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, House Republicans renewed their plan to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It is part of a long attempt to pin the failures—both real…
A New Breed of Climate Protesters Vows to Take the Fight to US Political “Cowards”
Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA vis AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A climate protest group backed by a cadre of Hollywood filmmakers is preparing to take action against “cowards” and “criminals” of all political stripes as the 2024 election approaches. Climate Defiance, which disrupted events…