COVID-19 Death Rates in Georgia
Georgia was one of the first states to reopen, and since then it’s had several “oops” moments as the data it releases has turned out to be wrong in various crude and obvious ways—all of which, by coincidence, make the state look better than it really is. I don’t really care too much about that,…
Is Donald Trump Siding With an Alleged War Criminal in Libya?
Khalifa Haftar at talks in Athens on January 17, 2020Angelos Tzortzinis/AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In Libya, where a civil war is raging, the official position of the United States is to support an internationally recognized government in Tripoli and to call for Khalifa Haftar,…
The United States’ Coronavirus Death Toll Is About to Hit 100,000. Donald Trump Went Golfing Today.
Donald Trump walks onto the green at the Trump International Golf Course in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in December 2017.Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump, who in 2014 attacked Barack Obama for golfing during an Ebola outbreak that ultimately took the lives…
Today’s Unpopular Opinion: Rand Paul Might Be Right About School Closures
Senator Rand Paul has some advice for how we should be fighting COVID-19 as we move forward: “Below 25 years old the fatality rate of COVID-19 is 0.00008%, or roughly one in 1.25 million . . .” Open our schools now!https://t.co/Md3zGjDmVV — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 22, 2020 Is Rand Paul an idiot? Or…
A German Soccer Club Came Up With an Oddly Ingenious Way to Fill Its Empty Stadium
Cardboard cuts outs of fans inside the stadium prior to the Bundesliga match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Borussia-Park on May 23, 2020.Ina Fassbender/Pool via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Germany’s professional soccer league has resumed play with fans banned due to…
Imperial College Says the Most Dangerous States Are the Ones That Are Reopening
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts Monika Bauerlein, CEO Dear reader, This feels like the most important fundraising drive since I’ve been CEO of Mother Jones, with staggeringly high stakes and so much uncertainty. In “News Is Just Like Waste Management,” I try to unpack the reality…