Georgia elections chief allows state Court of Appeals candidate to survive residency challenge
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center is home to the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a decision Thursday in favor of a candidate for the state Court of Appeals accused of not living in Georgia. The Georgia constitution stipulates that judges “shall reside in the…
North Carolina’s Protest Crackdown Now Includes a Ban on N95s
Mother Jones; Probal Rashid/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.North Carolina Republicans are pushing legislation that would remove the state’s health exemption to laws banning masks in public, citing protestors’ wearing them in pro-Palestine campus rallies. If the state GOP’s “Unmasking Mobs and…
A Columbia University Protester Says the NYPD Made Her Remove Her Hijab—Despite New Policy
Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024.Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Columbia protester detained as part…
The Supreme Court Delivers a Rare Win for Black Voters in the South
A voter enters his polling place to vote on Election Day at the Martin Luther King Elementary School in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Nov. 8, 2022. Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed a lower…
America’s Billionaires Are Really Going to Hate This New Senate Bill
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost as predictably as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, the rich grow richer. “Wealth concentration in a few hands is the single most enduring economic pattern across all polities from…
U.S. House rebukes Biden administration over pause in heavy bomb shipments to Israel
A bill passed Thursday, May 16, 2024 by the U.S. House says military assistance withheld from Israel “shall be delivered to Israel not later than 15 days after” the bill becomes law and requires the secretaries of Defense and State to obligate all funding for Israel within 30 days of the bill becoming law. Jennifer…