Judge in Georgia vows to delay primaries amid multiple suits claiming gerrymandering

Unlike Senate Republicans, who recently blocked two historic voting rights bills, a federal judge in Georgia believes that Black and brown Americans have as much right to vote as white Americans, and …

On Jan. 6 Vernon Jones switched parties. Trump's endorsing him for a Congressional seat in Georgia

Vernon Jones calls himself the “Black Donald Trump.” I’d like to just leave it at that, but like so many in the Trump world, Jones is now a contender in an important race in Georgia. 

He’s been a …

Subpoenas in Georgia's Trump corruption probe won't come until May at best

If we’ve learned anything in the last few years, it’s that when powerful people commit crimes, the odds that our nation’s various legal jurisdictions can be roused to do so much as …

Arbery's mom dubs plea deal 'last chance to spit' in face; potential juror feels sorry for killer

Jury selection started on Monday in the federal hate crimes case against three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery when they cornered him for jogging on the site of a home under …

Focus groups: Black Americans want Biden to be more aggressive, especially on student loan relief

The main conclusion following a series of focus groups conducted with Black voters in Michigan, Georgia, and Texas is that they want to see President Joe Biden be more assertive overall, and …

Nse Ufot runs Stacey Abrams' New Georgia Project, and she's joining us to talk 2022 on The Brief

The New Georgia Project (NGP) is the model we need to see go national. Founded by future Georgia governor Stacey Abrams, NGP helped build the ground organization that propelled Sens. Raphael Warnock …

Perdue kicks off his ‘Stop Stacey’ campaign with a promise of an ‘’election fraud’ police force

Today kicks off the shortest month of the year, Chinese New Year, and Black History Month, so what better day for a racist Republican Southerner such as Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue to …

Neo-Nazis rally in Florida; Atlanta DA calls FBI over Trump threats; six HBCUs receive bomb threats

After about 20 members of a neo-Nazi organization gathered in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, the news broke Monday that six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) received bomb threats. …

Georgia's 2021 elections show why voting rights legislation is an emergency

The voter suppression law Georgia Republicans passed in early 2021 is working as planned, according to an analysis of the state’s municipal elections in November. Mother Jones looked at the data on …

Filling the Court seat is the least of what's deserved by Black women—remember, they saved democracy

Black women deliver for Democrats. From showing up at the polls to supporting policies and laws that improve the lives of all Americans, everyone from former President Bill Clinton to President Joe …

After media outcry, charter school drops assignment asking fourth graders to justify Trail of Tears

After about a week of widespread media outcry, a public charter elementary school in Georgia has finally removed a deeply offensive assignment from its curriculum. Fourth graders were prompted to …

Warnock soaring to the lead in fundraising over GOP opponent, Trump lapdog Herschel Walker

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock has proved once again that his reputation is warranted. He’s a fundraising giant. He has outraised his GOP opponent, Herschel Walker, by almost double in the last quarter …

Georgia Republicans roll out big Southern welcome back for mumps, measles, whooping cough, and polio

Currently, children attending school in Georgia are required to be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, meningitis, chickenpox, hepatitis A, and polio. For some …

Fulton County D.A. asks for special grand jury to hear evidence of Trump's election tampering

It’s well over a year since the 2020 elections and the subsequent Republican attempted coup, and there have still been zero consequences for even the most outrageous of attempts to satisfy …

Georgia Republicans make mockery of democracy after new voter suppression law

An election board in a rural Georgia county held a meeting on Wednesday intended to slash the number of polling locations in the county from seven to one, in effect suppressing the vote in a county …

Stacey Abrams wants to finish the job she started four years ago. Here's what's different this time

Stacey Abrams is back—and we’re right there with her. Daily Kos is extremely excited to endorse Abrams’ new bid for governor of Georgia, whose new entry into the select group of swing states she …

Guaranteed income initiative for Black women launches in Georgia hoping to tackle racial wealth gap

Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood is one of the most historic in the country. It is home to the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the childhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the King Center. …

Second state attorney general refers fake Trump electoral certificate to federal prosecutors

After Republicans in several states forged documents claiming Donald Trump had won their states and submitted the documents to the federal government, the attorney general of a second state has made a …

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may have best case to hold Trump criminally liable

Donald Trump is feeling the heat from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who may have the strongest case against him. The Atlanta district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation of …

No big shocker to learn that Herschel Walker hawked 'dry mist' spray to 'clean' you of COVID-19

If the fact that he lied about graduating from college, almost appeared at a fundraiser thrown by a woman with a Nazi insignia on her Twitter profile, or his long history of domestic violence doesn’t …