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early and often
Mar. 20, 2023
Georgia Prosecutor Eyes Racketeering in Trump Probe: Report With all eyes focused on Manhattan, his biggest threat may be in Atlanta.
By Matt Stieb
the inside game
Nov. 30, 2022
By Gabriel Debenedetti
The Red Wave That Wasn’t: Updates Biden said Wednesday that voters had proven that “democracy is who we are.”
By Intelligencer Staff
early and often
Nov. 9, 2022
The GOP Won’t Moderate. Just Look at Georgia. Raphael Warnock may pull off a victory, but Republicans are doubling down on extremism.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2022 midterms
Nov. 8, 2022
Why Brian Kemp Easily Defeated Stacey Abrams This Time In 2018, she became a Democratic superstar in defeat. How much has changed in four years.
By Ed Kilgore
just asking questions
Oct. 31, 2022
Did Stacey Abrams Pick the Wrong Year? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ’s Greg Bluestein on what’s happening in Georgia a week before the midterms.
By Benjamin Hart
The Future of Black Politics Is at Stake in Georgia The legacy of the civil-rights movement may hinge on Raphael Warnock’s reelection campaign.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Stacey Abrams’s Last Stand The Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia talks about protecting abortion, preserving the franchise, and making history.
By Rebecca Traister
early and often
Oct. 6, 2022
Herschel Walker’s Abortion Story Has Become Incoherent First it was a “flat-out lie,” now it’s just an indiscretion.
By Matt Stieb
early and often
Sept. 6, 2022
Footage Shows Georgia GOP Official On-site During Voting-Equipment Breach Surveillance video reveals that the GOP official let operatives hired by the Trump campaign into an elections office on the day its data was breached.
By Matt Stieb
early and often
Aug. 25, 2022
Georgia Republicans Pretend Trump Didn’t Label Them Traitors After surviving Trump’s attempt to purge them, candidates like Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger are trying to reunite their party for November.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Aug. 9, 2022
Senate Control Could Come Down to a Georgia Runoff Once Again If neither Raphael Warnock nor Herschel Walker wins a majority in November, which looks plausible, they’ll face off in a December runoff.
By Ed Kilgore
last night on late night
July 6, 2022
John Oliver Takes on the ‘Satanic’ Georgia Guidestones Yes, this story involves furries. The best ones always do.
By Bethy Squires
early and often
June 7, 2022
Why Voting Rules Don’t Match Turnout in California and Georgia Turnout was up in Georgia, where it’s harder to vote, and low in California, where it’s easy. That still doesn’t justify voter-suppression laws.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
May 25, 2022
The Devil Went Down to Georgia and Lost Trump spent the past two years working to exile Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger from the GOP, but he couldn’t do it.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
May 21, 2022
Trump Faces Another Round of Humiliation in Georgia Trump hoped to get his revenge in Tuesday’s primary. Instead, his pick for governor, David Perdue, is sure to lose, and his other prospects look iffy.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Apr. 25, 2022
Kemp and Perdue Get Nasty in Georgia Gubernatorial Debate Trailing in the race, Perdue is trying to make it a test of loyalty to Trump. Meanwhile, Kemp is trying out his own version of Trumpism Without Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
Under Oath, Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’s ‘Never Ever’ Advocated Violence In a hearing to determine if she should be removed from the ballot as an insurrectionist, the MAGA congresswoman made some laughable claims.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Apr. 1, 2022
Trump’s Brian Kemp Revenge Plot Has Hit a Snag David Perdue, Trump’s candidate for Georgia governor, is trailing the incumbent in the polls, and even other MAGA candidates have yet to endorse him.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Disciple Vernon Jones Drops Out of Governor’s Race in Georgia Now David Perdue will have a clean shot at Brian Kemp as Trump’s instrument of revenge, while Jones enters a big extremist congressional field.
By Ed Kilgore
The Supreme Court Couldn’t Slow College Football Down Monday night’s thrilling championship game was another sign that the sport, which appeared to be in trouble a few months ago, is healthier than ever.
By Will Leitch
Why Did Keisha Lance Bottoms Quit? The mayor of Atlanta was a rising star in Democratic politics. Then the crime wave hit.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2020 election
Dec. 28, 2021
By Benjamin Hart
state income taxes
Dec. 8, 2021
State-Income-Tax-Abolition Fever Spreads Even in states with no prospect of soaking tourists with high sales taxes, Republicans are stampeding toward abolishing income taxes.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 elections
Dec. 7, 2021
By Zak Cheney-Rice
David Perdue Will Indeed Primary Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia: Reports The former senator was recruited to run against Kemp by Donald Trump, who has repeatedly vowed to help purge the incumbent GOP governor.
By Paola Rosa-Aquino
2022 midterms
Dec. 1, 2021
Stacey Abrams Announces 2022 Run for Governor of Georgia Abrams will have a united Democratic Party facing Trump-divided Republicans, and perhaps a grudge rematch with voter suppressor Brian Kemp.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Nov. 2, 2021
Raffensperger Fears Future Election Violence, Can’t Stick Around to Thwart It The 45th president’s least favorite Republican official is fighting very high odds against his renomination by the Trumpy Georgia GOP.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Hates Brian Kemp So Much He Mock-Endorsed Stacey Abrams The “Trump Ticket” in Georgia has no gubernatorial challenger, and that’s driving the 45th president to distraction.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Now Grows Politicians to the Right of Marjorie Taylor Greene One Republican congressional candidate is co-headlining the rally for the “political prisoners” of January 6. And he’s not the most extreme.
By Ed Kilgore
Jason Isbell Actually Made That Georgia Covers Album Georgia Blue is out October 15, featuring Brandi Carlile, Julien Baker, Brittney Spencer, and more.
By Justin Curto
Yet Another Political Scion Runs for Office in Georgia Bryan Miller, grandson of the late governor and senator Zell Miller, will try to do better than Matt Lieberman, Michelle Nunn, and Jason Carter.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
July 7, 2021
Why Primary Runoffs Will Matter in the 2022 Midterms In states without runoffs, Trump targets like Representative Liz Cheney may escape his wrath.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
June 29, 2021
Trump Says Herschel Walker Is Running for Senate If Trump isn’t just making this up, his coalition for the 2022 midterms will gain some star power, if not an assured victory.
By Ed Kilgore
Welcome to Georgia, Where Election ‘Integrity’ Goes to Die Brad Raffensperger’s incomprehensible position in the party of Trump.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
States Are Starting to Fix the NCAA — For the Wrong Reasons Competition, not morality, is driving legislation that allows college athletes to make some money.
By Will Leitch
the industry
Apr. 16, 2021
By Charu Sinha
the industry
Apr. 12, 2021
Will Smith Movie Emancipation Will Not Shoot in Georgia Over Voting Restrictions The runaway-slave movie is one of the first to leave the state, a popular location for shoots.
By Justin Curto
Businesses Ignore Mitch McConnell’s Warning to ‘Stay Out of Politics’ Over 100 business leaders were reportedly on a conference call on Saturday discussing how to respond to new Republican-led voting restrictions.
By Matt Stieb
democracy reforms
Apr. 7, 2021
Voting Restrictions Aren’t the Primary Threat to U.S. Democracy The GOP is better at denying Democratic voters equal representation than it is at denying them access to the ballot.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Apr. 7, 2021
Mitch McConnell and the Agony of the Post-Trump Corporate Republican They expected to be off moral probation after Trump. Then came Georgia.
By Jonathan Chait
MLB Pulls All-Star Game Out of Georgia Over Voting Law MLB commissioner Robert Manfred said the league “opposes restrictions to the ballot box” and will relocate the 2021 All-Star Game and draft.
By Nia Prater
voting rights
Mar. 26, 2021
What Can Democrats Do About Georgia’s Voting-Rights Restrictions? They are already going to court, and could pass preemptive legislation in Congress. But winning control of the state in 2022 is the best solution.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Republicans Take Revenge on Voting Rights After major Democratic wins, the embattled GOP passes a harsh law to claw back power.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans in Missouri and Georgia Turn Their Backs on Democracy What moves against Medicaid expansion and voting rights have in common.
By Sarah Jones
A Black Lawmaker Was Arrested for Knocking on the Governor’s Door Georgia state representative Park Cannon was handcuffed and forcibly removed from the statehouse while Governor Kemp signed a restrictive voting bill.
By Amanda Arnold
voting rights
Mar. 12, 2021
Churchy Republicans Attack ‘Souls to the Polls’ A crackdown on Sunday voting is one of the more hypocritical of the voting-suppression methods pursued by Georgia’s Christian right.
By Ed Kilgore
Investigators Are Reexamining a Black Teen’s Mysterious Death The parents of Kendrick Johnson, a Georgia teenager found dead in a rolled-up gym mat, have long believed their son was murdered.
By Amanda Arnold
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