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…
Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation
Four Republican Georgia state senators vote in favor of their party’s plan to draw new voting districts, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Jeff Amy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late October, a federal court ruled that Georgia’s electoral maps…
“A Complete Failure of Leadership”—The New Georgia Project Faces Allegations of Financial Impropriety
Paid canvasser with the New Georgia Project Action Fund.Jeff Amy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The New Georgia Project, the nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, is facing allegations of financial irregularities and misuse of funds, according to a six-month investigation…
Trump Ally Kenneth Chesebro Pleads Guilty in Georgia Fake Electors Case
Sidney Powell and Kenneth ChesebroFulton County Sheriff’s Office/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kenneth Chesebro, an architect of the fake electors plot Donald Trump used to try to steal the 2020 election, pleaded guilty in Fulton Country, Georgia, Friday to a felony count of conspiracy…