“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…
Congress limps toward the end of a disappointing session, with just 78 laws to show
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) listen during during remarks at a Capitol Menorah lighting ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 12, 2023. The leaders have presided over a Congress…
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…
One of the Most Vocal Proponents of a Ceasefire in Gaza Just Lost
Cori Bush is the second progressive Congress member to lose her seat after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.Mother Jones; Sue Dorfman/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In one of the most watched primaries this year, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.)—among the first members…