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“He’s an Agent. No One Will Believe Me Over Him.”

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For our September+October issue, we investigated the Border Patrol’s sharp growth, its troubling record on civil liberties, its culture of impunity, and its role in shaping the current political moment—one that echoes the anti-immigrant fever that led to the agency’s creation a century…

How Trump’s “Mass Deportation” Plan Would Ruin America

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. For our September+October issue, we investigated the Border Patrol’s sharp growth, its troubling record on civil liberties, its culture of impunity, and its role in shaping the current political moment—one that echoes the anti-immigrant fever that led to the agency’s creation a…

Georgia schools chief reverses African American studies ‘mistake’

Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods. 2022 File photo. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Advanced placement African American studies will be offered in Georgia high schools with state funding, Superintendent Richard Woods said Tuesday, but some members of both political parties are still wondering why there was ever any question. Woods, a Republican, said his reversal came…

Georgia election board clears county officials to delay vote certification with information demands

The Georgia State Election Board approved vote certification rules prompted by ongoing GOP distrust of Fulton County’s vote tally after the Democrat’s narrow 2020 presidential election victory that helped put President Joe Biden in the White House. After the 2020 general election, Fulton County poll workers sorted absentee ballots during a pilot audit. File/GPB The…