We Don’t Know Who Won the Presidency Yet. Trump Is Still Making False Claims About the Vote.
Donald Trump makes a statement to the nation as his supporters look on in the East Room of the White House on Election Night.Chris Kleponis/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the United States still didn’t know…
Joe Biden Says “We Feel Good About Where We Are” in His Election Night Speech
Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The presidential election isn’t anywhere close to being decided, but Joe Biden expressed confidence early Wednesday morning that he would prevail. “We feel good about where we are,” he told supporters gathered in Wilmington, Delaware. “Tonight,…
Delaware’s Sarah McBride Makes History as the Country’s First Openly Transgender State Senator
Transgender activist Sarah McBride campaigns in Claymont, Delaware. Jason Minto/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.When Sarah McBride was 13 years old in 2004, still struggling to accept her gender identity, she built a stage in her Delaware bedroom with a podium. On…
An Election Prediction From Someone Who Has Never Been Wrong (Except in 2016, When You Were Probably Wrong Too)
This photo is old. I haven’t smoked in years. Smoking is bad. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.There is an election tomorrow. What do you think will happen? This is not a rhetorical question. What do you think will happen? Tell me. I…
Mayor Pete Went on Fox News and Eviscerated Donald Trump. It Was Great.
Martha Asencio Rhine/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been taking Fox News down a notch—through his appearances on Fox News. The onetime Democratic presidential candidate has been a frequent guest on Fox News…
A California Proposition Could Reinstate Affirmative Action. Why Are Some Asian Americans Against It?
Demonstrators hold slogans in front of a Boston federal courthouse in October 2018 when a lawsuit charging Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants in admissions went to trial. Liu Jie/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Prop 16 in California would…