Georgia

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A Campaign Under Quarantine A Campaign Under Quarantine

In Georgia, the last stand of the 2020 election finds both political organizing and reporting hampered by lockdown.

Dec 23, 2020 / Timothy Pratt

Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy

Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy

First, they embraced Trump’s scheme to nullify almost 5 million Georgia votes. Now, they’re trying to suppress absentee voting in their own runoffs.

Dec 19, 2020 / John Nichols

Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell

Biden’s Risky Peace Offering to Republicans Biden’s Risky Peace Offering to Republicans

The president-elect thinks he can work with an opposition that only partly acknowledges his victory. Progressives need to prepare a Plan B.

Dec 16, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Deborah González

Casting a Historic Vote in Georgia Casting a Historic Vote in Georgia

The state’s electors included the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected district attorney in the United States.

Dec 16, 2020 / Timothy Pratt

Gov. Kemp And Surgeon General Jerome Adams Announce Expanded Testing In Atlanta

The Georgia GOP’s Fight Against Voter Registration The Georgia GOP’s Fight Against Voter Registration

Georgia’s Republican leadership has a history of using investigations into election integrity to obstruct the opposition and suppress the vote.

Dec 9, 2020 / Timothy Pratt

Trump Is Hijacking the Georgia Senate Race

Trump Is Hijacking the Georgia Senate Race Trump Is Hijacking the Georgia Senate Race

What’s happening in Georgia shows that there is no Republican Party aside from Trump’s Republican Party.

Dec 7, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Bee Nguyen

Asian American Voters Could Help Flip Georgia Asian American Voters Could Help Flip Georgia

National and local activists are hard at work building political engagement in a growing community.

Dec 3, 2020 / Timothy Pratt

Can Democrats Really Win Georgia’s 2 Senate Seats?

Can Democrats Really Win Georgia’s 2 Senate Seats? Can Democrats Really Win Georgia’s 2 Senate Seats?

It’ll be tough, but here are the keys.

Dec 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Joe Biden speaks at a podium that reads

How Biden Can ‘Build Back Better’ With or Without the Senate How Biden Can ‘Build Back Better’ With or Without the Senate

The president-elect has all the tools he needs to kick-start economic recovery—if he’s willing to use them.

Nov 24, 2020 / Saikat Chakrabarti

Trump Is Blowing Up the Georgia GOP—and It Couldn’t Happen at a Better Time

Trump Is Blowing Up the Georgia GOP—and It Couldn’t Happen at a Better Time Trump Is Blowing Up the Georgia GOP—and It Couldn’t Happen at a Better Time

His complaints about a “stolen” election have state Republicans in a circular firing squad, threatening their chances to win two Senate seats in January.

Nov 23, 2020 / Joan Walsh

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