Post-Trump, the GOP Continues to be the Party of (White) Grievance
A supporter of former President Donald Trump shouts at a demonstrator outside the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida.John Raoux/AP 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.After the GOP lost the presidential election in 2012,…
Democrats Have a “Once-in-a-Century Moment” to Protect Voting Rights
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference about election reform with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), at the US Capitol on March 17. Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get…
The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, Is a Dire Warning Sign
Jackson residents get water from a distribution site on March 7.Michael M. Santiago/Getty 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.Jackson, Mississippi, is finally on its way out of a nightmare water crisis. Freezing winter storms wreaked havoc…
“Only a Matter of Time”: Weary Coloradans Mourn Another Mass Shooting in Their State
Abigail Weinberg 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.The day after a gunman killed 10 people, including a police officer, at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, Paige Murray, a mourner at a makeshift vigil at…
Senate Republicans Argue Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police Are to Blame for Gun Violence
Tim Evans/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.A day after a gunman opened fire inside a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to debate a series of proposals…
Biden Calls on Senate to Immediately Pass Gun Reform Laws in Wake of Mass Shootings
Stefani Reynolds/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.Biden called on lawmakers in the House and Senate to pass new gun reform measures in brief remarks Tuesday morning following a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado Monday that…