A North Carolina Farmer Was Accused of Abusing His Workers. Then Big Tobacco Backed His Election.

This story is a collaboration between The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Mother Jones, and Enlace Latino NC. When the tobacco giant Reynolds American cut a check for Brent Jackson’s political campaign in November 2019, it was well aware of the accusations against the Republican North Carolina state senator. Jackson—dubbed “the only mega-farmer” in the North […]