Justice Department Is Suing Georgia Over Voter Suppression Law
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks on voting rights at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, on June 11, 2021. Tom Brenner/The New York Times via 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.In its…
How Amazon Bullies, Manipulates, and Lies to Reporters
Mother Jones illustration; 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.It was a slow news day at Gizmodo, the tech website where Dell Cameron worked. Without a story of his own to report he decided to aggregate—a…
Eight Years Ago, the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Widespread Voter Suppression Resulted.
On June 25, 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act, ruling that states with a long history of voting discrimination no longer needed to get federal approval for changes to their election procedures. “Things have changed dramatically” since the law’s enactment in 1965, Roberts wrote in Shelby County v.…
Michigan Republicans Confirm the Obvious: Trump Lost Fair and Square
An armed Trump-supporter outside the Michigan state capitol on January 6.Adam J. Dewey/NurPhoto via 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.Following a months-long investigation into a litany of dubious election fraud claims made by former President…
Could A Third Term Possibly Be What Atlanta Needs? Former Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed Makes His Bid.
Written by Ashley Nelson and Jim Welcome Atlanta, our nation’s cultural capital, home of the Black experience, Black excellence, and to what most would presume…
Facebook Doesn’t Want to Talk About Fake Users Created by the Pentagon
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.On a press call a few years ago, I asked Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, if the company would treat a misinformation campaign orchestrated by the US…