America’s Voting System Is the Worst, Thumbs Down
Frustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election will be either Biden or Trump, and voters weighing other candidates need to consider if a protest vote to end the duopoly might instead help end…
This Is How GOP Signature Matching Laws Harm Disabled Voters
Candace Wicks speaking at a rally, surrounded by other Delta Sigma Theta members, about her experience voting under SB 1. Robin Jerstad/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Candace Wicks believes in the importance of educating people. For three decades, Wicks was an elementary school…
With Biden on the Campaign Trail, It’s Time to Fact-Check His Climate Plans
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden, touted as the first US climate president, is presiding over the quiet weakening of his two most significant plans to slash planet-heating emissions, suggesting that tackling the climate crisis will take a back seat in a febrile election year.…
States and Tribes Scramble for a Colorado River Pact Before Election Day
The Colorado RiverRJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There are three main forces driving the conflict on the Colorado River. The first is an outdated legal system that guarantees more water to seven Western states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming—than…
Nikki Haley Suspends Campaign, Withholds Endorsing Florida Man Facing 91 Felony Counts
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Beaufort, South Carolina.Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.She’s…not running anymore. Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has dropped out of the GOP presidential race, ending her increasingly hopeless quest to…
Florida Man Facing 91 Criminal Counts Dominates Super Tuesday Primaries
Mother Jones illustration; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump is coasting to victory in Super Tuesday primaries across the country—a decisive, if not unexpected, showing that follows his overwhelming wins in GOP nominating contests in states like Iowa, New…