Raphael Warnock Beats Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate Runoff
Mother Jones illustration; Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Democrat Raphael Warnock—the incumbent junior Senator from Georgia, the son of a former sharecropper, and the senior pastor at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach—has won the runoff election against…
Dem Dysfunction, Tabloid Hellscapes, Crime: How New York Almost Went Red
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A month or so before the election, the New York Post‘s sensationalism remained wide-ranging. The old saying “If it bleeds it ledes” was still true on many days. Headlines warned of the dystopian (“Blade Runner”) and the apocalyptic (“Holy Hell”), or…
How Did a State Known for Its War on Immigrants Approve In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students?
Angelica Hernandez poses for a photo at the Arizona State University campus.Ross D. Franklin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jose Patiño remembers how his mother cried when the acceptance letter from Arizona State University arrived in the mail in late 2006. There it was,…
How Did a State Known for Its War on Immigrants Approve In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students?
Angelica Hernandez poses for a photo at the Arizona State University campus.Ross D. Franklin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jose Patiño remembers how his mother cried when the acceptance letter from Arizona State University arrived in the mail in late 2006. There it was,…
Herschel Walker Has a History of Standing Up For Violent Men
Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks to a crowd outside a gun shop in Smyrna, Georgia on November 3, 2022.Robin Rayne/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Among the most-discussed aspects of Herschel Walker’s campaign for the US Senate seat in Georgia are the…
Reefer Sadness: Why So Many Recreational Pot Measures Failed This Year
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In America, people like pot. About 68 percent of the country supports the legalization of recreational marijuana—including more than 80 percent of Democrats and more than 50 percent of Republicans. About half of the country…