Oklahoma Just Voted to Expand Medicaid as the Coronavirus Ravages the State
Sue Ogrocki/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The deep red state of Oklahoma voted Tuesday to expand Medicaid, which could end up offering 200,000 low-income residents access to health care. The measure, which passed with 50.5 percent, a margin of just 6, 488 votes, will expand Medicaid…
In Celebration of National Postal Worker Day, Birthday Cards and Wishes for All
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Where to begin? Percussionists first. On National Postal Worker Day, a round of recognition for all the mail carriers who deliver our birthday wishes to Ndugu Chancler, Sameer Gupta, and Rashied Ali. Chancler’s energizing fireworks and climactic beats lit up Yoshi’s in…
Lead Poisoning and Domestic Violence
Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Alex Tabarrok reviews Franklin Zimring’s When Police Kill and notes the following: A surprising finding: Crime is a young man’s game in the United States but being killed by a police officer is not. The main reason…
Support for More Immigration Reaches a Record High. Thank Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in Arizona last month.Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the first time in more than 50 years of polling, Gallup has found that more Americans want to increase immigration than reduce it. The obvious person…
Another Look at Reopening Schools
It’s empty now, but it should it stay empty next year?Cindy Yamanaka/SCNG via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A friend emails about my post this morning calling for schools to reopen next year: You have been consistent in calling for opening at least elementary schools this…
The Democrats Have a New Climate Plan that Doesn’t Entirely Depend on Capitalism
Gripas Yuri/Abaca via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I’ve written before about how climate change is President Donald Trump and Republican party’s greatest weakness in the 2020 race. But Democrats haven’t offered much in the way of an alternative—until now: On Tuesday, the 17-month-old House Select Committee…