A Former FDA Chief Scientist Explains What We Know About All These Coronavirus Vaccines
Michael Rieger/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a third coronavirus vaccine, produced by Johnson & Johnson, for emergency use. This one’s a little different: It’s more shelf-stable than…
Texas and Mississippi Governors’ Lifting of Mask Mandates Is a Gift to the Coronavirus
Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a contradiction of federal guidance, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday that their states will lift their respective mask mandates and allow businesses…
“It Hasn’t Happened in My Lifetime”: A Labor Historian on Biden’s Pro-Union Push
Then candidate Joe Biden speaking about unions in 2019.Frederic J. Brown/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.There were early signs President Joe Biden would try to make good on his pledge to be “the most pro-union president…
The Plea to “Stop Al Franken-ing” Cuomo Is Exactly What We Don’t Need
MediaPunch/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Monday, a third woman came forward with accusations of sexual harassment and predatory behavior against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Anna Ruch, a former member of the Obama administration,…
Republicans Keep Pretending Antifa Is Equivalent to Violent White Supremacists
John Minchillo/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Senators investigating the lack of police preparation that contributed to the January 6 Capitol ransacking by right-wing extremists grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday about the intelligence the…
Harry Belafonte Turned 94 Yesterday. Revisiting His Living Legacy Today.
Harry Belafonte and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 24, 1965 in Montgomery, AlabamaBettmann/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In 1956, a New York musician born to Caribbean immigrants “released the first million-selling LP in…