Republicans Are Erasing Decades of Voting Rights Gains Before Our Eyes
Top state North Carolina redistricting legislators, Sen. Ralph Hise, top left, and Rep. Destin Hall, top right, listen as several dozen members of the public address state lawmakers during a public comment hearing on Senate and House legislative redistricting maps, Oct. 25, 2021 at the Legislative Building in Raleigh.Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP…
The GOP Pulled Out the Stops to Flip School Boards. It Didn’t Work.
Anti-vaccine-mandate protesters gather during a Portland Public Schools board meeting to discuss a proposed vaccine mandate for students.Nathan Howard/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Jonathan Kassa first ran for school board in the Philadelphia suburbs of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 2017,…
More Than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente Workers Just Announced They’ll Strike This Month
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers picket the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center in 2018. James Quigg/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente workers plan to strike on November 15 if contract negotiations with the health…
The Man Who Called Bullshit on Uber
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In December 2016, Forbes put Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick on its cover. “Super Uber,” a headline declared. “The most valuable startup ever isn’t content to be the Uber of Uber. How the $68…
Were the Ultra-Conservative “Mama Bears” Youngkin’s Secret Weapon?
Supporters of Glenn Youngkin at an election night party in VirginiaAndrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In his victory speech on Tuesday night, Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin expressed gratitude to all the usual suspects—campaign volunteers, colleagues, and voters. But afterward, as…
Republicans Once Supported the Voting Rights Act. Today, They Voted Against Its Restoration.
Barack Obama, the late John Lewis, and Former President George W. Bush hold hands for a prayer after Obama spoke near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.”Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On…