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“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…