Can We Knit Our Way Forward? Probably Not, But I’m Trying Anyway.
A perfectly good work in progressVenu Gupta For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.I have never looked so hard for ways to recharge myself and come up short. Forget feeling recharged—I would take a day without anguish and despair. The fabric of our country…
Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Worked With an “Active Russian Agent” to Discredit Joe Biden
Rudy Giuliani and President Donald Trump on Aug. 14 at an event at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A Ukrainian parliamentarian who has supplied Rudy Giuliani with information intended to smear Joe Biden has been “an…
“Good Morning, Hell”—Californians Awake to Apocalyptic Skies as Wildfires Rage
Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.David McIntyre/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. People in the San Francisco Bay Area and across California…
Republicans Still Refuse to Support Serious Stimulus. Why?
Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Republicans plan to go ahead with a symbolic vote on their “skinny” stimulus plan: Senate Republicans plan to force a vote Thursday on their substantially scaled-back stimulus plan, in a maneuver all but guaranteed…
Fact of the Day: Social Progress in the Trump Era
Nick Kristof brings our attention to the latest release of the Social Progress Index, which measures just what you think it measures. The index includes things like health care, access to education, personal safety, sanitation, human rights, and so forth, and combines them all into a single number. This number doesn’t change a lot from…
The Climate Crisis Is Happening Right Now. Just Look at California’s Weekend.
Gabe Huck, a member of the San Benito Monterey Cal Fire crew, fights the Creek Fire in Shaver Lake, California, on Sunday.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of…