We Need New Stimulus Now
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.More insanity: Senior Trump administration officials have begun signaling their willingness to approve a narrow extension of the enhanced unemployment benefits helping tens of millions of jobless Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. ….One potential compromise discussed by Republican lawmakers would involve…
300 Drones Light Up the Sky to Salute Front-Line Workers and Promote PPE
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Granted, the most meaningful way to support front-line workers during the pandemic is to reduce its scope and improve the underlying conditions and disparities that heighten workers’ risks in the first place. But creative gestures of gratitude have their place, including the…
5 Million Americans Lost Their Health Insurance *During a Pandemic*
According to Families USA, about 5.4 million non-elderly Americans (i.e., those without Medicare) have lost their health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic: It goes without saying that this is insane. More than 5 million working-age people have lost their health insurance during a pandemic. The bulk of the newly uninsured are in the South, in…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: July 13 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through July 13. Europe and Canada are fine. Argentina might be plateauing, but probably not. Mexico is hard to make sense of. And the United States is continuing its post-reopen rebound. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is here.
Are 20 Million People at Risk of Eviction by September?
I’ve seen quite a few pieces lately about the dire condition of renters and homeowners as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. For example: The COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, a coalition of economic researchers and legal experts, estimates that 19 million to 23 million Americans are at risk for eviction by the end of September. Or: Today,…
Prison CEOs Say They Had No Clue Guards Pepper-Sprayed Hundreds of Immigration Detainees
A person in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody waiting to be processed at the GEO Group’s Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California last year.Chris Carlson/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Private prison executives claimed at a congressional hearing Monday to be unaware of any recent instances of guards pepper-spraying…