Federal Judge Rules Georgia’s Congressional Maps Violate the Voting Rights Act
A young boy holds a sign during a rally advocating for early voting and voting rights on Sunday, October 30, 2022 in Decatur, GA.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge on Thursday ruled that voting maps created by Georgia Republicans violated…
Virginia Democrats Push for DOJ Investigation After Voters Were Wrongfully Removed
Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Virginia Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the state’s elections department after the administration announced last week that it had mistakenly removed eligible voters from voter rolls after incorrectly listing them as convicted felons.…
She’s a Prophet. She’s a Theocrat. She’s the Most Powerful Lobbyist You’ve Never Heard Of.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Every Monday, Abby Abildness leads her “Penn’s Sacred Challenge Tour,” a guided walk through the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg. On the day I join, a group of stylish and well-behaved Christian homeschoolers trail her through marbled hallways, beneath mosaic…
Florida Board of Education’s New Guidelines Imply Slavery Benefitted Black People
Charlie Neibergall/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Florida Board of Education’s new standards dictating how Black history will be taught in public schools includes a provision implying that enslaved African-Americans learned skills for “their own personal benefit.” The guidelines, approved on Wednesday,…
Missouri Republicans Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Stop Voters from Having Their Say on Abortion
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters in May.Kacen Bayless/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In May 2019, when Missouri banned abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy, abortion-rights advocates decided to put the issue to voters.…
Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As a Black teenager growing up in Wilson, North Carolina, in the 1950s, Milton “Toby” Fitch Jr. wanted to swim in the Olympic-sized pool on the prosperous East side of town—a pool that only white people could use. Like…