Georgia Democrats amplify warning that November election poses threat to access to birth control
Former State Sen. Jen Jordan joined other Georgia Democrats and a health care provider to urge people who are concerned about access to contraceptives to vote this November. Kate Verity/Georgia Recorder Georgia Democrats are warning of a continued threat to reproductive rights after U.S. Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to reinforce Americans’ access to contraception…
On 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion, Biden and Macron honor WWII veterans at Normandy
U.S. President Joe Biden greets U.S. World War 2 veterans after French President Emmanuel Macron awarded 11 veterans the Légion d’honneur at the Normandy American Cemetery during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 06, 2024 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Veterans, families, political leaders and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate…
Georgia lawmakers in line for new building to debate big issues
Regilding the iconic Gold Dome is just one part of the Capitol Hill renovations that are taking off. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Some of the most important legislative debates at the Georgia Capitol don’t take place under the Gold Dome, but are instead hashed out across Mitchell Street, where committee rooms are often packed with lobbyists…
Georgia Court of Appeals pumps the brakes on Fulton’s 2020 election racketeering case
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president in 2024, speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City. Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. David Dee Delgado/Getty…
Disability Advocates are Winning the Right to Plain Language Voting
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Daniel Francis enters a voting booth, ballot measures can be very anxiety-inducing: many are above his reading level. “If it’s using words that I don’t understand, I just kind of rush on to answer,…
Disgraced General Michael Flynn Has Made a New Movie—About Himself
Mother Jones; Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. To hear Michael Flynn tell it, he belongs in the pantheon of great American martyrs alongside President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders who spoke truth to power and…