The Whigs Blew Up Over Slavery. Will the GOP Blow Up Over Loyalty to Trump?
Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States.Universal History Archive/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In the 1850s, one of the two dominant political parties in the United States, the Whigs, split into factions and…
Donald Trump’s Georgia Rally Was, as Usual, All About Him
C-Span/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Donald Trump’s Monday night rally in Dalton, Georgia was intended, ostensibly, to garner support for Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of the state’s Tuesday runoff election, which…
Have We Really Eliminated Polling Place Bias Against the Poor and People of Color?
Today brings us this headline in the New York Times: Election Day Voting in 2020 Took Longer in America’s Poorest Neighborhoods This is true—but just barely. In fact, I was struck by how the data actually indicates that we could be making real progress. First off, here’s a Times chart that I replotted to remove…
A Fed up Georgia Official Systematically Destroyed Trump’s Taped Election Allegations, One by One
TNS/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.One day after audio leaked of Donald Trump begging Georgia’s secretary of state to somehow “find” enough votes to overturn the state’s election results, a top Georgia election official systematically…
Let’s Be Glad That Meghan McCain Now Supports Paid Maternity Leave
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Meghan McCain has had a revelation: Meghan McCain had a baby and now realizes that the US needs paid maternity leave, she explains on The View. She says personal experience helped…
“United We Play,” a Fitting New Film of Jazz, Blues, and Symphonic Swing From Musicians’ Homes
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In the first few minutes of United We Play, a short new livestream from musicians’ living rooms and distanced bandstands, the pianist and narrator Marcus Roberts makes a familiar point that…