Trump Became President Because of Racism. The Next Trump Could Too.
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Saturday, when the major media outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden, millions of people around the country took to the streets to celebrate. But as people popped champagne bottles, danced alongside their neighbors,…
Seventy-Two Thousand Food Workers Have Contracted COVID-19. OSHA Is Ignoring Them.
Dr. Niki Davis joins a protest in Salt Lake City on July 30, 2020, to lobby Gov. Gary Herbert to close meatpacking plants in the state. The protest was organized by members of the Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which contends meatpacking plants have contributed to too many coronavirus cases in Utah and across…
With COVID-19, Biden Is Inheriting a Homeland Security Problem of “Incredible Magnitude”
Mother Jones illustration; Larry D. Moore/Wikimedia Commons. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Vaccinologist and pediatrician Peter Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor University. In addition to his decades-long career studying and developing immunizations, Hotez has also…
It’s Not a Coup. Not Yet, Anyway.
Ned T. Johnston/U.S. Air/Planet Pix via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Two polls, two results: According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 60 percent of Republicans think Joe Biden won the election. According to a Politico/Morning Consult poll, 70 percent of Republicans say they…
Quote of the Day: Huh?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.From Justice Sonia Sotomayor at today’s Obamacare hearing, commenting on whether Texas even has standing to sue in the first place: At some point, common sense, seems to me, would say, “Huh?” That is not normal legal phraseology,…
Pfizer’s Vaccine Sounds Great, But Don’t Roll Up Your Sleeve Just Yet
A healthcare worker administers a shot.Inna Borodaieva/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Monday, the race among pharmaceutical companies to complete a vaccine effective against COVID-19 reached a critical new stage. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German-based biotechnology firm BioNTech announced that their joint vaccine…