Cartels, Hezbollah, Police Violence: How Big Tobacco Is Stoking Opposition to Menthol Cigarette Ban
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Halfway through the second Republican presidential debate, Fox Business aired an advertisement that made a jarring argument. President Joe Biden’s proposal to ban menthol cigarettes “will fuel an illicit market, lining the pockets of the Mexican cartels,” warned a…
Judge reviewing Georgia political maps pledges to render decision on lawfulness ‘very quickly’
House Redistricting Chairman Rob Leverett, left, speaks with House Minority Leader James Beverly before the start of a committee hearing. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Georgia’s new congressional and legislative maps got their day in court Wednesday in front of federal Judge Steve Jones, who threw out the state’s 2021 attempt at drawing new electoral maps, ruling…
Filling up to head home for the holidays this year will leave more jingle in your pocket
In March 2022. Anti-Biden stickers adorned a fuel pump in Acworth. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Whether you’re going over the river and through the woods for Christmas at grandmother’s house or pulling up to a New Year’s Eve party at the club, you can expect to save a little bit of money on your trip thanks…
Stop Telling My Kid He’s Small
Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.To exist as a parent on Instagram is to regularly stumble across different approaches to child-rearing. These are, on the surface at least, sophisticated-sounding philosophies that signal how you and a child relate to one another, and perhaps most…
Biden Ordered the DOJ to Stop Using Private Prisons. Thousands Are Still Being Held Inside.
Michael Brochstein/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost three years ago, during his first week in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order instructing the Justice Department to stop renewing its contracts with private prison companies. The news was like a glimpse of…
The naughty and the nice: Home-state holiday decor bedecks congressional offices
Georgia GOP. Rep Richard McCormick adorned his office door with a traditional wreath, garland and snowflakes, for the unofficial holiday decoration contest among U.S. House members on the second floor of the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Ashley Murray/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Congress members and office neighbors on the second floor of the…