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…
The Transphobia Rocking Olympic Boxing Has a Kremlin Connection
Mother Jones illustration; Ciro Fusco/ANSA/Zuma, Yan Linyun/Xinhua/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. By the time J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump were falsely referring to her as a man, the lies about Imane Khelif had already traveled halfway around the world. Last…
What Drug Policy Advocates Want to See From a Kamala Harris Administration
Mother Jones; Leigh Vogel/POOL/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kamala Harris has joked about experimenting with marijuana and—unlike another famous Democrat—admitted to a truly shocking act: inhaling. With Joe Biden out of the race, her track record on drug policy as a…