First-Time Latino Voters Could Make All the Difference in Nevada
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto meets with members of the Culinary union.John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the past two months, Irving Zavaleta, 36, has been staying at an Airbnb in the central area of east Las Vegas, but he hardly spends any…
Kari Lake Wasn’t the First Extremist Glenn Youngkin Endorsed. And She Wasn’t the Last.
Alberto Mariani/ ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Glenn Youngkin is a busy man. In the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, he attended events for Republican hopefuls in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada. On its own, this isn’t out of the…
Abortion Is on the Ballot in Arizona. This Activist Is Worried Voters Have Forgotten.
Abortion rights activists march to the White House to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections on Saturday, July 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. USA. The Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case, removing a federal right to…
To Understand Kari Lake, You Have to Understand Local TV News
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Kari Lake is good at TV, and she never lets you forget it. For decades, the election-denying, vaccine-rejecting Republican nominee for governor of Arizona was one of the state’s most popular local news anchors, a trusted face paid to…
DeSantis Promised to Protect Florida’s Waters. Environmental Advocates Say He Belly Flopped.
Then-candidate Ron DeSantis gets off an airboat with Gladesman and former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commissioner Ron Bergeron after a tour of the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Wilfredo Lee/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Just days before he…
Vigilantes Are Intimidating Voters and Election Workers. That’s Nothing New in America.
Mother Jones Illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Billy Wooten has been running elections in Georgia’s Chatham County for about 25 years. First, as a poll worker; then as a trainer for other poll workers; and now as the county’s board of elections…