Activists Couldn’t Get Facebook to Tackle Its Discrimination Problem—Until the Russia Scandal Hit
Mother Jones illustration On April 10, 2018, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg did something he had managed to avoid in his 14 years at the helm of the tech giant he had built: He testified before Congress. His company had been battered in the preceding months, first by revelations that Russia had used the…
The Supreme Court Could Green-Light Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering
Republican state senators in North Carolina review state maps while drawing new congressional districts on Feb. 16, 2016.Corey Lowenstein/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2016, after the Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature drew maps that segregated black voters into heavily majority-minority districts, a federal court ruled that two of the…
Florida Gave Former Felons the Right to Vote. Legislators Want Them to Pay First.
Thanks to Amendment 4, Yolanda Wilcox, left, fills out a voter registration form as her friend looks on at the Supervisor of Elections office on January 8 in Orlando John Raoux/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last November, Florida passed a ballot measure to reenfranchise as many as 1.4 million…
House Passes the Most Significant Democracy Reform Bill in a Generation
Rep. Elijah Cummings, chair of the House oversight committee, joins House Democrats to introduce HR 1 on January 4.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House of Representatives on Friday passed the most significant democracy reform bill introduced in Congress since the Watergate era by a vote of…
A Second Federal Court Just Struck Down the 2020 Census Citizenship Question
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announces a lawsuit filed by California challenging a citizenship question on the 2020 census.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A second federal judge on Wednesday struck down a controversial question about US citizenship that the Trump administration added to the 2020 census, writing that it…
Scandal-Plagued Race in North Carolina Might Not Be Decided for Another Nine Months
Mark Harris, Republican candidate in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, testifies during a public evidentiary hearing on voting irregularities.Travis Long/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New election dates have been set for the scandal-plagued congressional race in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District—but a winner may not be declared for another…