“I’m Rested and Ready to Fight”—The Reverend Barber’s Battle Cry Is One for the Ages
Anne Wernikoff Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Reverend William Barber II was born just two days after the historic March on Washington, and he went on to become one of the most prominent civil rights leaders in the South. Now, fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr’s first Poor People’s…
Putin Just Dismissed the Mueller Probe as “Political Games” in Fox News Interview
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the Mueller investigation is politically motivated, calling it part of the United States’ “internal political games” in a 30-minute interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace that aired Monday night. “It’s quite clear to me that [the Mueller investigation] is…
Kavanaugh’s Record Doesn’t Bode Well for Voting Rights
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House on Monday.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, could determine how the court rules on cases that shape the future of…
Federal Judge Rips Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
Opponents of the citizenship question demonstrate outside the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Tuesday.Ari Berman/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge said Tuesday that there was a “strong showing of bath faith” by the Trump administration in adding a…
Supreme Court Upholds Gerrymandered Texas Maps, Dealing a Blow to Voting Rights
Gerrymandering activists gather outside the Supreme Court in March. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Supreme Court dealt a big blow Monday to efforts to combat racial gerrymandering, approving Texas’ GOP-drawn political maps that had previously been found to discriminate intentionally against minority voters. In…
The Supreme Court Gave the Green Light to Voter Purges. Trump’s Justice Department Isn’t Wasting Any Time.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Attorney General Jeff Sessions after he is sworn into officeJim LoScalzo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day after the Supreme Court upheld voter purging in Ohio, the Justice Department decided to get in on the action. The department sued the state of Kentucky on Tuesday to…