Tommy Tuberville Perfected His Folksy Trumpism in That Great Lab of Democracy: Local Sports Radio
Mother Jones illustration; Stew Milne/AP; Getty “I don’t need the job and I ain’t going to be politically correct,” said Tommy Tuberville recently at a campaign rally. Intentionally or not, it’s a pretty good summation of Tuberville’s approach to his run for US Senate. Tuberville is best known for his 40 years as a college football…
Cory Booker Is Right: Rejoining the Paris Agreement Is Not a Climate Plan
John Nowak/CNN via Zuma Has Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) been reading Mother Jones? Because the point he made, during the second round of presidential debates debate on Wednesday night about the significance of the Paris climate accord probably sounded familiar to anyone who has followed our attempts to contextualize the much-lauded agreement. “Nobody should get applause for rejoining the…
150 Years Later, Slavery Reparations Are on the Agenda Again
Marianne Williamson participates in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN, on July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.Paul Sancya/AP For a brief and all-too-rare moment in American politics, the case for slavery reparations took center stage Tuesday night, and William Darity Jr. was thrilled. Darity is a public…
Progressive Activists Say Cory Booker Won Wednesday’s Debate
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) takes questions from reporters after Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Detroit.Carlos Osorio/AP Cory Booker was the clear winner of Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, according to members of the progressive activist group Indivisible. Indivisible conducted a flash poll via text message at the end of the party’s debates on Tuesday and Wednesday,…
After 2 Decades, Democrats Still Don’t Agree on When to Leave Afghanistan
Tulsi Gabbard promised during Wednesday’s debate to quickly end the Afghanistan war.Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Two Democratic candidates who served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq made unambiguous pledges during this week’s debates: They promised to bring home the roughly 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan by the end of their first year in office. Those two…
Do Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Really Understand Their Own Health Plans?
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in Detroit. Paul Sancya/AP After months of not clarifying where, exactly, she stood on the details of health care reform, Sen. Kamala Harris released her idea for a version of…