Trump Once Again Dismisses Masks and Ducks on Whether He Tested Before Debate
Evan Vucci/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.President Trump burst onto NBC’s town hall stage on Thursday, his first major television appearance since testing positive for COVID-19, by dismissing face masks, blaming military families for potentially infecting him with the virus, and refusing…
Conservatives Say They Want to “Protect” Women. Amy Coney Barrett Is their Perfect Messenger.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.For conservatives eager to eliminate the right to abortion in this country, there is truly no one better suited to potentially trip the kill switch than Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill Ruth…
Donald Trump Sounds So Happy Describing How His Government Killed a Man
Fritz Nordengren/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.With less than three weeks until Election Day, President Donald Trump abruptly pivoted from his closing campaign message that Osama Bin Laden is actually still alive to praise US Marshalls for killing a murder suspect in…
Mother Jones Announces Five New Board Members
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Today, Mother Jones announces five new members to its board of directors. The expansion is the culmination of an in-depth reenvisioning of board service for the nonprofit organization and Magazine of the Year winner, undertaken over several years.…
Poverty Is Rising. It Will Keep Rising Unless Congress Acts.
Jason DeParle reports that poverty is on the rise: After an ambitious expansion of the safety net in the spring saved millions of people from poverty, the aid is now largely exhausted and poverty has returned to levels higher than before the coronavirus crisis, two new studies have found. Here it is in chart form:…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: October 14 Update
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts How have authoritarians been stopped before? Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein unpacks that and more, and we hope you’ll give her pre-election column a read because we all need to be prepared for what’s ahead. And if you agree that Mother…