Alison Durkee

Alison is a New York-based news writer at Mic. You can get in touch with her at adurkee@mic.com.

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Stacey Abrams files lawsuit taking aim at Georgia’s elections process

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Judge dismisses lawsuit accusing Trump’s Washington DC hotel of “unfair competition”

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A “Green New Deal”? How Democrats are planning to address climate change after stark report

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New York judge allows lawsuit against Trump Foundation to move forward

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This Week in Politics: Mississippi will elect US senator, Trump to meet with Putin at G20 summit

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MLB becomes latest group to revoke its donation to Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

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Trump threatens to close southern border amid reports of potential asylum deal with Mexico

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Pelosi remains popular with Democratic voters, even as she battles her own party to become speaker

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Judge strikes down Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, says state’s defense is “pure gaslighting”

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What does it mean that nearly 1,000 people are still “missing” in the California wildfire?

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Ohio House passes controversial “heartbeat bill” restricting abortions after 6 weeks

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Sen. Bill Nelson concedes as contentious Florida midterm races come to an end

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This Week in Politics: A few House midterm races still up in the air as Trump pardons a turkey

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California Gov. Jerry Brown: Climate skeptics “will be believers” within 5 years as wildfires rage

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Kanye West donates $150,000 to GoFundMe for Jemel Roberson, who was fatally shot by police

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The Trump administration rolled back coal ash rules — but Americans are feeling its harmful effects

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Betsy DeVos releases new rules on sexual harassment and assault that expand rights of the accused

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Meet the teacher who traveled through 9 countries and worked as a stripper trying to reach the US

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Report: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged by US government

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Health and Human Services Department weighs canceling $100M in fetal tissue research funding