Five Ways a Dark Money Group Is Trying to Rig Our Elections
Last week, Mother Jones and the watchdog group Documented broke the story of a top conservative dark money group boasting to donors about writing laws restricting access to the ballot in key battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, and Texas. “In some cases, we actually draft them for them,” Jessica Anderson, the executive director…
At Least 81 Pro-Trump Rioters Are Charged With Assaulting Police on January 6
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters flooded Washington, D.C., to protest Donald Trump’s election loss. Hundreds later battled police and breached the US Capitol.Michael Nigro/Sipa USA/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.Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy…
A Growing Wave of Labor Rights and Union Drives on International Museum Day
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’s International Museum Day. As mask mandates continue to be lifted across the country, museums and galleries are grappling with how to reopen safely but also how to harness a movement…
Dark Money Group Faces Ethics Probe After Boasting of Drafting Voter Suppression Laws
The conservative dark money group Heritage Action for America is facing a possible ethics investigation in Iowa after Mother Jones reported last week that it had boasted to donors of writing “model legislation” restricting voting access in battleground states across the country, including Iowa. Democrats in the Iowa state House of Representatives filed ethics complaints against…
The Justice Department Considers the Trump Campaign’s Favorite Fundraising Tactic a Scam
AP Photo/Evan Vucci 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 recent years, political campaigns have increasingly begun using a dubious fundraising tactic: promising donors their contributions will be matched by two, three, or even five times. Donald…
Retail Workers are Pissed Off About the End of Masks In Stores
John Nacion/NurPhoto/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.After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement last week that fully vaccinated people do not have to wear masks in most situations, retailers like CVS and Costco said…