Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signs the “Democracy for the People Act” on May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Steve Karnowski/AP. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris’ decision to pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday coincided…
The Court Case That Could Sink RFK Jr.’s Campaign
Lev Radin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This week in an Albany, New York courtroom, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fighting a legal challenge that has the potential to sink much of his independent presidential campaign. The dispute is over where he calls…
Josh Shapiro Was a VP Frontrunner. Then His Critics Fought Back.
Mother Jones; Hannah Beier/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday morning, news began to leak: Vice President Kamala Harris selected Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. According to reporting, it had been down to Walz and another rising star…
As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle
Mother Jones; Washington Bureau/Getty; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash; National Archives Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” President Lyndon Johnson declared 59 years ago today, as he signed…
Tim Walz, Normal Guy, Is Harris’ Pick for Vice President
Mother Jones; Stephen Maturen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced her running mate on the Democratic ticket this fall: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. A six-term congressman from a largely rural southern Minnesota district who was elected to…
The Disingenuous Attack That Progressives Voted Against the Infrastructure Bill
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) questions witnesses during a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court ethics on June 11, 2024. Jemal Countess/Getty/Court Accountability Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) lost to George Latimer in the most expensive primary in the…