In Buffalo, New York, Voters Consider a Socialist Mayor
India Walton’s campaign 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.During a typical winter, the city of Buffalo, New York, sees more than 70 inches of snow. This year, as the snow piled up, India Walton went door…
How the 2022 Midterms Could be Shaped by a Few Easy-to-Ignore Elections This Year
Democratic candidates for Governor of Virginia debate at Virginia State University on April 6, 2021.Steve Helber/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 most Tuesdays for the last five years, a gaggle of protesters have regularly gathered…
Joe Manchin May Have Just Made Democrats’ Democracy Reform Efforts Impossible
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP 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.West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s unrelenting quest for bipartisanship has claimed its most recent victim: A sweeping voting rights and election reform bill that has…
Are Progressives Finally Ready to Throw Their Weight Around?
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a press conference about ending the Senate filibuster.Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP 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.The White House insists it’s not done trying to cut a deal with…
Democratic Senators Who Support the Filibuster Beg Republicans Not to Filibuster
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via 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.On Tuesday, the two most centrist members of the Senate Democratic caucus, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, issued a rare…
From Radical Activist to Senate Obstructionist: The Metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema
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.Kyrsten Sinema wasn’t the only Democrat to vote against including a $15 federal minimum wage in the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill in early March, but she was the only one…