“Disturbing!” Black Georgia Lawmakers React to Arrest of Colleague Park Cannon
Rep. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) is detained by Georgia State Patrol troopers on Thursday, March 25.TNS/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The internet erupted on Friday after Park Cannon, a Black Georgia state representative, was arrested the…
Georgia State Rep. Arrested While Protesting Restrictive Voting Law, Video Shows
Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A sitting Democratic state representative from Georgia was detained by state troopers shortly after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a restrictive voting rights bill into law, according to…
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock Eviscerates Republican Voter-Suppression Tactics
Michael Brochstein/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.“This is Jim Crow in new clothes,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said during a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, referring to Georgia’s recent wave of restrictive voting bills.…
Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights
Stacey Abrams speaks at campaign event for Rev. Raphael Warnock in Atlanta on November 3.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As Republicans in the Georgia state legislature passed a series…
After a Wave of Violent Threats Against Election Workers, Georgia Sees Few Arrests
The reflection of two voters walking up to a Cobb County voting location on January 5, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.Megan Varner/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by ProPublica. On Nov. 30,…
Georgia Republicans Are Doubling Down on Racist Voter Suppression
Georgia Rep. Barry Fleming next to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in 2019Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After Donald Trump failed to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, Republicans in the state’s legislature are…