Heroes of 2020: Local Political Reporters
Mother Jones illustration; The Climate Reality Project/Unsplash 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.It was a Tuesday night in mid-November, and, like many Americans, I was staring at my phone in disbelief. Two Republicans on the board…
Trump, Turmoil, and 2020: Our MoJo Podcast Team Replays the Year’s Defining Moments
Aaron Jackendoff, Nicolas Roses, Jason Whitman/AP, 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 disease, global in reach but intimate in its cruelty. A nation plunged into economic ruin. A president raging and incompetent. Society’s unforgiving disparities…
Trump Won’t Sign the COVID Relief Bill. Those Suffering Can’t Wait.
Saul Loeb/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.On Saturday night, President Donald Trump failed to sign the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill extending key provisions from the CARES Act. The consequences are immediate and many: an…
Los Angeles’ New District Attorney Eliminated Cash Bail. Judges and Prosecutors Are Pushing Back.
A Los Angeles bail bonds company across from street from the Men’s Central Jail.Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times/ 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 early December, when George Gascón was sworn in as Los…
Could Rudy Giuliani Face a Perjury Charge?
Mike Mulholland/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.On December 14, Rudy Giuliani Zoomed into a Missouri legislative hearing. His testimony was part of his endless roadshow to overturn the election, and, as he has done so often…
Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Staunch Democrat in a Deep Red Georgia County
Mother Jones illustration; TheMillCreek/Wikipedia 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.Andrea Baerwalde is the interim chair of the Democrats of Paulding County, Georgia, a subdivision-filled exurb about an hour northwest of Atlanta. Baerwalde and the other Democrats…