Consumer Protection Panel Actually Wants to Deregulate Wall Street, Lawsuit Alleges
Graeme Sloan/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In October 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—tasked with enforcing federal regulations on financial institutions—announced the creation of a new task force to conduct an “objective and independent evaluation” of current financial regulations. On Tuesday, the watchdog group Democracy Forward…
The Cops Are Playing Fast and Casual With the Facts
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a quest prove to the public that they have been under attack over the last several weeks, New York City police officers have spread stories that attempt to perfectly illustrate their plight. Except the stories are too perfect.…
Who’s In Most Danger From COVID-19?
Everyone’s favorite publication, the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, has some new data on COVID-19 incidence in the United States. Here’s the basic breakdown by age: This is new. It suggests that the incidence of COVID-19 is roughly the same all the way from age 20 to age 79. I wonder what this would…
The Evil Dex For the Win!
The Evil Dex.Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Hell, all they had to do was ask me: Scientists at the University of Oxford said on Tuesday that they have identified what they called the first drug proven to reduce coronavirus-related deaths, after a 6,000-patient trial of…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 15 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through June 15. Mexico is spiking back up a bit, while the United States continues its slow crawl to 2 deaths per million. We’re roughly following the path of Sweden and the UK, lagged by a week or two. That’s not great, but then again, I never expected us to…
How Rich Investors, Not Doctors, Profit From Marking Up ER Bills
JazzIRT/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. In 2017, TeamHealth, the nation’s largest staffing firm for ER…