Raphael Warnock Wins Historic Georgia Senate Race
Ben Gray/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Reverend Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, won a historic victory on Tuesday against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a tight runoff election to head to the US Senate, according…
“We Come Together Stronger”: Black Greek Organizations Are Showing Up for Raphael Warnock
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris campaigns with Democratic Senate candidate the Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.Ben Gray/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.At events and rallies for the Reverend Raphael Warnock, there are a few constants: a…
Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Staunch Democrat in a Deep Red Georgia County
Mother Jones illustration; TheMillCreek/Wikipedia Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Andrea Baerwalde is the interim chair of the Democrats of Paulding County, Georgia, a subdivision-filled exurb about an hour northwest of Atlanta. Baerwalde and the other Democrats…
“Voting Is Life or Death”: How Georgia Democrats Are Organizing in One of the Earliest COVID Hotspots
Mother Jones illustration; Drew Angerer/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.“People here lost a lot of people,” Amna Farooqi tells me, “and it was kind of like, shock after shock after shock.” The 26-year-old political organizer…
We Can’t Talk About Corruption in the Georgia Runoffs Without Talking About David Perdue and Dollar General
Spencer Platt/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Back in 2002, after two years of bankruptcy proceedings, a North Carolina pillow manufacturer hired a Reebok executive named David Perdue to right the ship. For Pillowtex, Perdue’s experience…
“This Process Was Not Designed for People Who Look Like Me”: Georgia’s Electors Cast Their Historic Ballots for Joe Biden
Congresswoman-elect Nikema Williams speaks before members of Georgia’s Electoral College cast their votes at the state Capitol, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta.John Bazemore/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.While the halls of Georgia’s state capitol…