Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: September 11 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through September 11. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve got two versions of the charts today. The top one is the usual version, which provides more detail by changing the scale to match each country. The bottom one provides an easier comparison between…
Those Orange Western Skies and the Science of Light
The almost red orange sky that stains the atmosphere in the city of San Francisco, California, USA, 09 September 2020.Marc Arcas/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The…
Politico: Trump Aides Demand That CDC Publication Be More Optimistic
Michael Caputo, former flack for Vladimir Putin and Carl Paladino; fired from the Trump campaign after saying mean things about Corey Lewandowski; and poster of numerous sexually crude and sexist tweets directed at women as well as multiple derogatory and crude tweets about Chinese people. This was the background that qualified him to be the…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Just Gave Former Inmates a Path To Become Firefighters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after he toured the North Complex Fire zone in Butte County on Friday. Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Friday, as he stood in the middle of a hellscape in…
Mike Pompeo Plans to Push His Anti-LGBTQ Commission at the UN
Alex Halada/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Two months after a controversial State Department commission elevated religious freedom at the expense of LGBTQ equality and reproductive rights, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to promote its findings at the United Nations, Mother…
Fact of the Day: COVID-19 Deaths Around the World
Every morning I post the current rate of COVID-19 deaths in eight different countries, so why am I posting this yet again today? Because I still get periodic complaints that I’m misleading people by using a different scale for each country. So here’s what it looks like using the same scale for everyone: What do…