“We Come Together Stronger”: Black Greek Organizations Are Showing Up for Raphael Warnock
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris campaigns with Democratic Senate candidate the Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.Ben Gray/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.At events and rallies for the Reverend Raphael Warnock, there are a few constants: a…
Whose First Draft of History?
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.Ishmael Reed’s latest projects are “Malcolm and Me,” and “The Fool Who Thought Too Much,” both available at Audible.com. He is a Distinguished Professor at the California College of the Arts.…
The Whigs Blew Up Over Slavery. Will the GOP Blow Up Over Loyalty to Trump?
Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States.Universal History Archive/Getty 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.In the 1850s, one of the two dominant political parties in the United States, the Whigs, split into factions and…
Donald Trump’s Georgia Rally Was, as Usual, All About Him
C-Span/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.Donald Trump’s Monday night rally in Dalton, Georgia was intended, ostensibly, to garner support for Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of the state’s Tuesday runoff election, which…
Have We Really Eliminated Polling Place Bias Against the Poor and People of Color?
Today brings us this headline in the New York Times: Election Day Voting in 2020 Took Longer in America’s Poorest Neighborhoods This is true—but just barely. In fact, I was struck by how the data actually indicates that we could be making real progress. First off, here’s a Times chart that I replotted to remove…
A Fed up Georgia Official Systematically Destroyed Trump’s Taped Election Allegations, One by One
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.One day after audio leaked of Donald Trump begging Georgia’s secretary of state to somehow “find” enough votes to overturn the state’s election results, a top Georgia election official systematically…