The House Judiciary Committee is preparing for a vote on reparations that has been 32 years in the making. Wednesday, the committee will mark up and vote on HR 40 — a bill sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) that would create a 13-person federal commission to study American slavery, its effects, and what […] More
Representative Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) was firm in his assessment that “there is no reason to work” Republicans who did not vote for the American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden’s much-heralded $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package. “If Republicans have a majority and want to work on providing economic relief to the American people, including lifting working […] More
In the last election, for the first time, I voted by mail. Afterward, I must admit, I felt unsatisfied and even a bit guilty. I’m still all for asserting my right to vote in person, but I don’t want to be a martyr about it. That’s because, even though I use a motorized […] More
House Democrats scheduled a debate and vote on reparations for black Americans. Democratic Chairman Jerry Nadler says the bill “is not intended to divide” America. Republican President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves on January 1, 1863. FOX News reported: TRENDING: HUGE NEWS: Attorney Matthew DePerno Releases Michigan Elections Forensics Report – 66,194 Unregistered Ballots Tallied […] More
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Friday night lifted California’s restrictions on religious gatherings in private homes, saying they could not be enforced to bar prayer meetings, Bible study classes and the like. The court’s brief, unsigned order followed earlier ones striking down limits on attendance at houses of worship meant to combat the coronavirus. […] More
The Amazon warehouse in Bessemer.Elijah Nouvelage/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. The decision by workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, not to unionize comes as a defeat for organized labor—but not a surprise. We’ve […] More
“Everywhere they tried, they were defeated,’’ Nelson Lichtenstein, a labor historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said of the unions. “Walmart would send teams to swamp the stores to work against a union. They are good at it.” As with Walmart, labor leaders believed it was critical to establish a foothold at Amazon, […] More
Here’s what you need to know: There were 3,215 ballots cast, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, from 55 percent of the 5,805 eligible voters at the warehouse. Credit…Bob Miller for The New York Times The counting of ballots in the closely watched unionization drive at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., […] More
A Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union representative holds a sign outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. Elijah Nouvelage/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. It was 1936, and everyone around Birmingham, Alabama, was talking […] More
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson (R) is deeply troubled by the fascist notion that it should be easier for students to vote. In a local TV interview resurfaced by the Mississippi Free Press on Tuesday, Watson falsely claimed that President Joe Biden’s executive order on bolstering voting access meant that federal agencies and universities […] More
New Hampshire activist and Granite Grok contributor Ken Eyring sent out this action alert on Tuesday. Via Granite Grok: Please contact all NH State Reps TODAY (easy email address lists below) and respectfully ask that they support SB43. Your voice makes a difference! This important Bill is currently part of the House Consent Calendar, which […] More
Major League Baseball expanded its contract with the Chinese firm Tencent, which has significant ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The announcement was made on April 1st. On April 2nd Major League Baseball moved the All-Star Game out of Georgia after state leaders passed a new election law that requires a photo ID to vote […] More
