MAGA Election Deniers Are Going All Out to Rig Georgia for Trump
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Aug. 3, 2024. John Bazemore/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On August 3, Donald Trump held a raucous rally in Georgia, where he attacked Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary…
What It’s Like to Run for Office as a Young, Blind Person
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy Madeline Ryan Smith Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If not for her partner driving her, Madeline Ryan Smith isn’t sure how she’d be able to campaign across the four counties she hopes to represent in Georgia’s state House. Smith…
Inside Georgia’s Crusade to Make Bail Unpayable
Nia Thomas, a beneficiary of a national campaign to bail out Black mothers, with her daughter, Nilah, in front of their Atlanta home.R.J. Rico/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early May, Georgia lawmakers celebrated the passage of the state’s latest weapon to criminalize…
In Georgia, a Rare Bipartisan Push for Disability Rights
Disabled people working in a sheltered workshop, where disabled workers are often paid less than minimum wageKim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Georgia could become the next state to end the subminimum wage for disabled people, a widespread and now…
There’s a Communist Multimillionaire Fomenting Revolution in Atlanta
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2021, when Keisha Lance Bottoms, then Atlanta’s mayor, revealed plans for a new $90 million police training facility, she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the project was essential “if we want the best, most well-trained officers protecting our…
Trump-Appointed Judge Upholds Georgia Runoff System That Curbs Voting Access
People gather during a get out the vote rally Nov. 27, 2022, in Atlanta, during early voting for the Senate runoff election. Ben Gray/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump on Friday declined to block the state’s system…