When Football Is a Money Loser, Suddenly the Players Come First
Exciting MAC action in the Before Times.Kyle Okita/CSM via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A major college conference has canceled its fall sports: The Mid-American Conference postponed its football season, the conference announced Saturday, becoming the first Football Bowl Subdivision league to decide not to hold…
Trump Continues Fiddling While America Burns
Donald Trump looking pumped on his way to a million-dollar fundraiser in the Hamptons after playing at being president with his faux executive orders.Sonia Moskowitz Gordon/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Donald Trump has issued some executive orders related to coronavirus aid, and I suppose we’re all…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: August 9 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through August 9. You may have noticed that I didn’t post new numbers on Sunday. I normally do them the night before, but on Saturday night I was tired and it just didn’t happen. Then Sunday was crash day and I didn’t fully wake up until about 2 pm. By…
How Did a Lawyer Who Took on Big Oil and Won End up Under House Arrest?
Steven Donziger, gestures during a press conference on March 19, 2014 in Quito, Ecuador.Rodrigo Buendia/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Last September, I travelled from Western Canada to New…
The Trump Files: Donald Said His Life Was “Shit.” Here’s Why.
Mother Jones Illustration; Shuttershock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This post was originally published as part of “The Trump Files“—a collection of telling episodes, strange but true stories, and curious scenes from the life of our current president—on September 7, 2016. “I’d often say, loud enough…for anyone…
Neil Young’s Lawsuit Against Trump Is As Weird and Iconoclastic as He Is
Frazer Harrison/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier this week, on August 4, the Hollywood Reporter was the first major media outlet to report the news that Neil Young is suing Donald Trump for playing his songs at campaign rallies. It has become a major news story since then.…