Black Lives Matter Activist Cori Bush Defeats Corporate-Backed Democratic Congress Member
Cori BushMatt Winkelmeyer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a stunning upset, Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush has defeated 10-term incumbent Rep. Lacy Clay in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Bush, a minister and registered nurse, has been…
The GOP Is Blocking Journalists From Covering Trump’s Renomination. That’s a First in Modern History.
/Star Max/IPx For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.It’s the political party whose members openly mock masks, lambast the nation’s top infectious disease expert as a partisan hack for simply doing his job, and protect a president whose chief response to a pandemic has been to deny, deny,…
In a New Ad, It’s AOC Vs. the Kennedys
Frank Franklin II/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) has premised his primary challenge to Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on an argument about generational change. The 39-year-old Kennedy, the grandson of RFK and grandnephew of JFK, said he was in the “fight of my…
The Fed Plays a Huge Role in Perpetuating Racial Disparities. Joe Biden Wants to Fix That.
Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in New Castle, Delaware, on July 21, 2020.Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Federal Reserve has a huge role to play in racial equality, but it has long perpetuated the income and wealth gaps between Black and white…
The Trump Campaign Is Accused of Laundering $170 Million
AP Photo/Evan Vucci For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A watchdog group is alleging that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has laundered $170 million through companies controlled by campaign officials as part of an effort to avoid disclosing which vendors it is really paying for services. Under Federal Election Commission rules,…
After Two Days of Golfing, Trump Touts His “Strong Focus” on Coronavirus
The little boy from Queens was finally set to take the mound. And not just any mound! The mound at Yankee Stadium! Generations of boys like him had only dreamed of being under the bright lights in the House that Ruth Built (an earlier version of)! But this would be his day, not theirs; his…