House Passes a Bill to Make DC a State
J. Scott Applewhite/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.For the second time ever, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make Washington, DC, the 51st state. The bill, HR 51, which would finally…
Republicans Say Georgia Law Wasn’t Design to Suppress Voting. Don’t Believe Them.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at during a news conference on April 3 in Atlanta about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league’s objection to a new Georgia voting law. Brynn Anderson/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones…
Don’t Listen to the GOP: Colorado May Stink at Baseball, But it Wins on Voting
Denver’s Coors Field.Russell Lansford/Icon SMI 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.Being a willing fan of the Colorado Rockies is not easy. Our team is a national punchline, and we’re starting off the 2021 season…
As Corporate America Comes Out for Voting Rights, Where’s Next?
Voters line up in Austin in October. Mario Cantu/CSM/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.On Thursday morning, Sen. Marco Rubio shared a video of himself insulting Delta Airlines officials as “woke corporate hypocrites” because the company…
361 Voter Suppression Bills Have Already Been Introduced This Year
Demonstrators hold signs as they protest voter suppression bill outside of the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta on March 1, 2021. Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution 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.Fueled by Trump’s big…
Watch: Sen. Lindsey Graham Admits Parts of Georgia’s Voter Restrictions Are Ludicrous
Getty Images 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.There isn’t much Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) finds disquieting in Georgia’s sweeping new voting restrictions. But even he admitted the law’s prohibitions on providing voters with food or water…