The 3 Worst Arguments That Republicans Made Against DC Statehood
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.With Joe Biden in the White House and a slim Democratic majority in Congress, residents of the District of Columbia are probably the closest they’ve ever been to…
Arizona Is Rolling Back Voting Rights, and Kyrsten Sinema Is Refusing to Stop It
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) at a meeting of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on February 11.Michael Brochstein/Sipa US via AP 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.When it comes to efforts to restrict…
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock Eviscerates Republican Voter-Suppression Tactics
Michael Brochstein/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.“This is Jim Crow in new clothes,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said during a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, referring to Georgia’s recent wave of restrictive voting bills.…
Why HR 1 Is the Most Significant Democracy Reform Bill in Decades
Screenshot/Mother Jones 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.House Resolution 1, the For the People Act, includes a slew of pro-voter policies. It would expand automatic registration and two-weeks early voting, across all 50 states; it would…
Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights
Stacey Abrams speaks at campaign event for Rev. Raphael Warnock in Atlanta on November 3.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP 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.As Republicans in the Georgia state legislature passed a series…
After a Wave of Violent Threats Against Election Workers, Georgia Sees Few Arrests
The reflection of two voters walking up to a Cobb County voting location on January 5, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.Megan Varner/Getty 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.This story was originally published by ProPublica. On Nov. 30,…