Georgia Voters Are Waiting Hours to Cast Ballots, in a Bad Omen for November
Voters wait in a line that stretched around Atlanta’s Metropolitan Library on Tuesday.Steve Schaefer/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.If Georgia’s primaries on Tuesday are a preview of what COVID-era swing-state elections could look like in November, we’re in for a lot of problems. “This election has…
I Waited in Line 6 Hours to Vote During a Pandemic With an Uprising Going On
Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I’ve never had to wait more than 15 minutes to vote. In fact, I remember voting in the 2018 general election on my way to work. Of course, this election would pose some unprecedented logistical issues. There was an uprising…
Joe Biden Again Tries to Heal a Hurting Nation. But Is It Enough?
Richard Ellis/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Early Sunday morning—after another day of largely peaceful protests against the death of George Floyd, and another night of police violently targeting protesters—Joe Biden told the country “we are a nation furious at injustice.” Posted to Medium, the new…
Trump’s Attacks on Twitter Are Part of a Plot to Keep Social Media in His Pocket
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., for Camp David on May 15, 2020. Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.If you’re a Twitter user, by now you’ve probably seen the news.…
Donald Trump’s Real Memorial Day Message: I Am the Victim
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts Monika Bauerlein, CEO Dear reader, This feels like the most important fundraising drive since I’ve been CEO of Mother Jones, with staggeringly high stakes and so much uncertainty. In “News Is Just Like Waste Management,” I try to unpack the reality…
Biden’s “Breakfast Club” Comment About Black Voters Was Off. So Were These 5 Claims About the Crime Bill.
Joe Biden speaks on “The Breakfast Club” with host Charlamagne tha God.screenshot For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went viral in a bad way Friday morning, when, at the end of a radio interview with The Breakfast Club, he told host Charlamagne…