The GOP’s Stealth Plan to End Direct Democracy in Ohio
Mother Jones; Joshua Lott/AFP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In February 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to endorse an effort to amend the state’s constitution through citizen-led ballot initiatives. “I believe in the initiative and the referendum, which should be…
This New Lawsuit Could Restore Democracy in Wisconsin
Janet Protasiewicz, left, was sworn in Tuesday as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, at roughly the same time that Donald Trump was indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 election, liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz was…
Who Are Trump’s Alleged Co-Conspirators?
Clockwise from top left: Rudolph Giuliani, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Sidney Powell.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty (2); zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx/AP; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty; Jae C. Hong/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of the defenses Donald Trump preemptively offered ahead of his indictment…
Voting Rights Are Still Under Assault. Sen. Raphael Warnock Has a New Plan to Protect Them.
Mother Jones illustration; Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Paul Hennessy/SOPA/LightRocket/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since the 2020 election, GOP-controlled state legislatures have enshrined Donald Trump’s Big Lie by giving partisan actors unprecedented control over how elections are run and how votes are counted. According to the…
Supreme Court Rejects a Republican Effort to Hijack Elections
Mother Jones; United States Census Bureau; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a hugely significant opinion on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the “independent state legislature” theory pushed by Republicans that would have given state legislatures virtually unchecked power to draw new redistricting…
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…