US Culture Wars Have Stormed the Hyper-Polarized Brazilian Elections
A supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro confronts a supporter of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Eraldo Peres/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first time many Brazilians heard of Nikolas Ferreira was the day the newly elected federal lawmaker received the highest…
One Scientist’s Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
Juan Gilbert/YouTube This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In late 2020, a large box arrived at Juan Gilbert’s office at the University of Florida. The computer science professor had been looking for this kind of product for months. Previous orders had yielded poor results. This time,…
The GOP’s Plan for Attracting Young Voters Is the Same As Its Plan for Attracting Old Voters
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Senior Pastor Steve Riggle had some advice for the hundreds of young conservatives who had gathered at Grace Woodlands Church outside of Houston in September, as part of the fourth annual Texas Youth Summit: “You…
5 Candidates Who Could Help Trump Steal the Presidency
Daniel Zender Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.National elections in the United States are administered by local and state officials. Here are a few candidates sympathetic to Trump’s election fraud claims, who, if they win in November, could help him or another Republican steal…
How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his snug campaign office in suburban Milwaukee, located in a shopping plaza next to a dentist and an acupuncturist, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers scans the brightly colored maps that hang on the walls. They depict the tortuously shaped…
Trump and Biden Make Clear That They’d Like to Run Again—Despite Voters’ Wishes
US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden squaring off during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020.Jim Watson and Saul Loeb / AFP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and…