Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signs the “Democracy for the People Act” on May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Steve Karnowski/AP. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris’ decision to pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday coincided…
The Court Case That Could Sink RFK Jr.’s Campaign
Lev Radin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This week in an Albany, New York courtroom, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fighting a legal challenge that has the potential to sink much of his independent presidential campaign. The dispute is over where he calls…
The Disingenuous Attack That Progressives Voted Against the Infrastructure Bill
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) questions witnesses during a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court ethics on June 11, 2024. Jemal Countess/Getty/Court Accountability Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost to George Latimer in the most expensive primary in the…
What Drug Policy Advocates Want to See From a Kamala Harris Administration
Mother Jones; Leigh Vogel/POOL/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris has joked about experimenting with marijuana and—unlike another famous Democrat—admitted to a truly shocking act: inhaling. With Joe Biden out of the race, her track record on drug policy as a…
JD Vance Attacked AOC for Promoting a “Sociopathic Attitude” About Children
Screenshot/Napa Institute/YouTube Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When JD Vance appeared as a special guest at the 2021 summer conference of the Napa Institute, a Catholic organization that seeks to “advance the re-evangelization of the United States,” he was weathering a storm for…
Delegates for the Thousands Who Voted “Uncommitted” Want a DNC Speaker
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan speaks during a vigil organized by Health Workers Alliance for Palestine in Toronto on November 30, 2023.Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As the Democratic National Convention kicked off its virtual roll-call vote this morning, the Uncommitted movement—an…