Donald Trump Can’t Stop Spewing Bad Science. We’re Here to Help.
Andre M. Chang/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At a Fox News Town Hall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on May 3, President Donald Trump revised the US coronavirus death toll, citing a number significantly higher than what he’d been predicting just a few weeks ago.…
You Can’t Wall Yourself Off From COVID-19
Politico writes about Graham County, North Carolina: With the coronavirus beginning to spread nearby, all accommodation businesses in the county—hotels, motels, guesthouses, campgrounds—had to close by March 23 at noon; exceptions would be made only for people who could prove the need for a “legitimate work-related stay.” What’s more, starting on March 27, anyone traveling…
Here’s the US Death Toll From COVID-19 Not Counting New York
Every day I show you the growth rate of COVID-19 deaths in the US. But some people think that’s misleading. After surging in April, deaths in New York state are now declining, and that affects the national numbers. In particular, it makes it look as if our death toll is declining, when it’s really rising…
New York Prisoners Are Sewing Masks for Hospitals—But Most Don’t Have Their Own
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Hunched over a sewing machine at a prison in upstate New York in late April, Jordan Stevens had one wish: He wanted to keep one of the masks. He’d been working seven days a week, earning pennies per…
Amazon VP Quits in Protest, Highlighting Big Tech’s Firings of Minority, Women, and LGBTQ Labor Activists
A worker protests labor conditions outside of an Amazon warehouse on May 1, 2020, in Staten Island. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, Tim Bray, an Amazon vice president, wrote a scathing letter announcing he was leaving the company over its “chickenshit” decision to terminate…
New Coronavirus Rescue Bill Is In the Works
Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Coronavirus rescue 4.0 is already in the negotiation phase: Rather than indulging Trump’s insistence on a payroll tax cut, GOP senators have instead shifted their focus to liability protections for businesses, demanding that they be protected from what Republicans view…