The Struggle to Tax the Rich Isn’t Done Yet—In Some States It’s Actually Happening
People participate in a “March on Billionaires” event on July 17, 2020 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality ABERDEEN, Wash.—Under an overcast sky,…
Live coverage from Fulton County: Trump, allies surrender in election interference case
Rudy Giuliani is surrounded by media outside the Fulton County jail as he surrendered Aug. 23, 2023 on criminal charges. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants have until noon Friday to voluntarily surrender after a Fulton County grand jury handed up indictments last week alleging a multistate plot to overturn…
Case against Georgia’s lieutenant governor for alleged 2020 fake elector scheme awaits prosecutor
Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, accused of posing as a 2020 elector pledged to former President Donald Trump, has battled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay out or her courtroom. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A special prosecutor could soon determine if Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones joins a long list of defendants indicted in…
Eastman, other defendants in Fulton 2020 election probe start to surrender at county jail
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis unveiled a grand jury’s charges against former President Donald Trump and 18 others as part of a wide-ranging RICO case. The first suspects in that case reported to the Fulton County jail Tuesday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Defendants began turning themselves in Tuesday in connection with former President Donald Trump’s…
The Teamsters Ratify Five-Year Contract With UPS
Damian Dovarganes/File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Teamsters union ratified a five-year contract with UPS on Tuesday, officially ending the threat of a strike and ensuring wage increases for all unionized workers. Last month, the two parties reached a preliminary agreement, which promised…
Congress is Finally Fixing the (Very Broken) Organ Donor Network
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A bipartisan bill to reform the national organ donor network has reached President Joe Biden’s desk, spelling the likely end of a troubled monopoly in place for close to four decades. Signed, the law will let…