New Federal Estimates Put Coronavirus Death Toll at 100-240,000
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Here’s the latest projection of the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic: The top government scientists battling the coronavirus estimated Tuesday that the deadly pathogen could kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans, in spite of the social distancing measures that have…
“People Were Sobbing, People Were Begging for Us to See Them Anyway”: Texas’ Abortion Ban Is Cruel
Activists stand with signs at an abortion-rights rally at Supreme Court in Washington to protest new state bans on abortion services on Tuesday May 21, 2019.Congressional Quarterly/Newscom/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Leave it to anti-abortion politicians in Texas to not let a crisis go to waste.…
Civil Rights Groups Sue ICE to Force Release of Detainees Vulnerable to COVID-19
A person being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes a phone while being held in a “segregation cell” at a for-profit detention center run by GEO Group.John Moore/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration to force it to release…
“Our Patients Are Very, Very Afraid”: A Major LA Clinic Is Struggling to Treat Undocumented Patients
A woman wears a mask as she crosses an empty street near the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday.ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In recent weeks, Los Angeles has surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area as California’s coronavirus hub. The city is…
The Network of Abortion Providers in Red States Was Already Delicate. Then Came the Coronavirus.
Clinic manager Angelle Harris walks in the front door of the Whole Woman’s Health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Tony Gutierrez/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In many red states, where abortion restrictions are plentiful and doctors who are willing to perform them…
Expanded Unemployment Benefits Will Start This Week
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.We have good news and bad news on the unemployment benefit front: The federal government will this week release funds from a coronavirus stimulus package to boost jobless benefits, but how quickly those payments reach laid-off workers depends on overburdened state unemployment…