Hero of 2022: The Gen-Z Voters Who Saved Us From Ourselves This November
Mother Jones; Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Lauren Nicks, a college student in Georgia, voted for the second time this year. Her vote was her voice, she says, and she was motivated enough to figure out the logistics of sending in an absentee ballot to her home state of New York. She was part of the massive youth voter…
Kyrsten Sinema Is Leaving the Democratic Party
Kent Nishimura/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent. Politico has the scoop, which you can decide is either unsurprising or something of a bombshell. The news comes shortly after two key moments…
DeSantis’ Policies Are Terrible for Moms. He Convinced Them Otherwise.
Mother Jones illustration; Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/AP, Ricardo Gomez Angel/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Election Day, the much-hyped red wave didn’t crest quite as high as some polls predicted it would, with Democrats scoring key victories in several states. Yet it was…
Biden’s Women-Focused Economic Agenda Is Getting Destroyed by Joe Manchin
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) represents the northern New Jersey suburbs on the outskirts of New York City, one of the wealthiest congressional districts in the country. She is a member of the Blue Dog…
Andrew Cuomo Resigns as Governor After Explosive Sexual Harassment Report
AP/Mary Altaffer Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday after a damning, wide-ranging report issued by the state’s attorney general last week found that he sexually harassed multiple women, violating state and federal law. Cuomo said…
Here’s How Deb Haaland Wants to Address the Crisis of Violence Against Indigenous Women
United States Representative Deb Haaland looks on during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary. February 23, 2021.Graeme Jennings/CNP/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.Less than a…