Meet the Know-Nothing MAGA Stalwart About to Take Over Georgia’s Universities
Mother Jones illustration; Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA/AP, Tomasso DeRosa/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last year, fresh from serving a full term as the Secretary of Agriculture during the Trump administration, Sonny Perdue began angling for another plum post: leadership of the University…
Donald Trump Suggests Georgia’s GOP Primary Will Be “Rigged”
Donald Trump campaigning with Brian Kemp in 2018, before their falling out.Daisuke Tomita/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Donald Trump is already stoking fears of election fraud in the Georgia governor race. This time, his baseless allegations are aimed squarely at a member…
A Top Georgia High School Has Everything—Except COVID Precautions
Mother Jones illustration; Hendell123/Wikimedia Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Update, August 3, 2021: One of Stacy Efrat’s children has tested positive for COVID-19 after going to a middle school orientation where few attendees wore masks. One blazing hot morning last week, Stacy…
The Most Crucial Part of the New Georgia Lawsuit Is Proving GOP Intentionally Targeted Black Voters
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on voting rights at the Department of Justice in Washington, June 25, 2021Patrick Semansky/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.The Biden Justice Department sued the state of…
As Corporate America Comes Out for Voting Rights, Where’s Next?
Voters line up in Austin in October. Mario Cantu/CSM/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.On Thursday morning, Sen. Marco Rubio shared a video of himself insulting Delta Airlines officials as “woke corporate hypocrites” because the company…
“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…