Roger Stone Appears to Use Racial Slur on a Black Radio Host’s Show
Graham Macgillivray/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Fresh off of receiving a presidential commutation, Roger Stone on Saturday appeared to use a racial slur during a live taping of a radio show hosted by a Black man. Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, has insisted that…
Trump Wants to Block Money For COVID-19 Testing
Meg Mclaughlin/Dispatch Argus via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I’m a writer. Words are all I have to express myself. So what do you do when words literally fail you? Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief…
“I’ll Be Right Eventually”: The Most Ridiculous Comments From Trump’s Fox News Interview
As the COVID-19 crisis escalates across the country, President Donald Trump is continuing to lie about the pandemic, attack his own public health officials, and insist that the virus will eventually disappear on its own. His latest remarks—in an interview with Fox’s Chris Wallace that aired Sunday—come at a crucial juncture in the nation’s fight…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: July 18 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through July 18. The US mortality rate continues to creep upward. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is here.
What’s Going On In Maine?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A headline in the Washington Post today is stark: Black people — many of them immigrants — make up less than 2 percent of Maine’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus cases We’ve seen the same thing throughout the country,…
They Praise John Lewis but Hate Black Voting Rights and Black Lives Matter
John Lewis holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution at an event urging Senate Republicans vote on a Supreme Court nominee on March 3, 2016.Us Senate/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Not long after the passing of John Lewis, tributes began pouring in…