Five States Considered New Marijuana Reforms. Weed Won In All of Them.
Bill Clark/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.There was at least one clear winner on Election Day: legal weed. Across the country, five states voted on marijuana reforms on Tuesday. Cannabis advocates saw victories in all five states, bringing the number of states…
Joe Biden Just Won Arizona—and He Has Latinx Activists to Thank for It
Joe Biden speaks at the Carpenters Local Union 1912 in Phoenix on Oct. 8, 2020, to kick off a small business bus tour. Carolyn Kaster/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.For years, pundits have been tracking Arizona’s Latinx voters, saying they had the…
Trump Posted Election Night Disinformation. Twitter and Facebook Took Different Routes.
Trump at his campaign headquarters on Election Day.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.As anticipated, Donald Trump took to social media to weigh in prematurely on the election early on Wednesday morning, baselessly claiming on social media that “we are up BIG”…
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…