Kamala Harris Previewed Joe Biden’s Next Moves on Immigration—and Advocates Paid Close Attention
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 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.In an interview with Univision on Tuesday night, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris teased a few details of the Biden administration’s immigration plans, which, with Democrats now in control…
Defund-Police Organizers to Biden: “We’re Not Going Away”
A protester in Brooklyn in June Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images 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.On the Saturday after Election Day, not long after media outlets announced the projected winner of the presidential race, Black…
Here’s How to Restore Trust in the CDC
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield, right, listens as United States President Donald J. Trump speaks.Kevin Dietsch/Zuma 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.During the vice presidential debate in early October,…
We Just Saw the Beginning of the Biden-Harris Era, and It Couldn’t Be More Different
Paul Sancya / Associated Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In his first public remarks since the race was called for him Saturday morning, President-elect Joe Biden claimed a mandate to govern—and laid down a marker for the kind of president he intends…
Brooklyn Just Became a Giant Dance Party
Brooklynites celebrate Trump’s defeat outside Fort Greene Park.Molly Schwartz For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The news of President Trump’s defeat rippled through the streets of Brooklyn on Saturday, to the tune of clanging pans, honking horns, and shouts of joy. A woman sprinted…
Why Kamala Harris Is Visiting a Part of Texas Candidates Often Ignore
Paul Kitagaki Jr./ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Joaquin Castro called it on Sunday. “If there’s one place in Texas” that Joe Biden should visit in the campaign’s final days, the San Antonio Democratic congressman tweeted, “it’s the Rio Grande Valley.” If…