Raw Data: Blue Collar Wages During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Here’s something you might not have seen before: average earnings of blue collar workers over the past few months. Thanks to the rescue bills—primarily the CARES Act—average pay for blue collar workers has gone up 4 percent since February: And what are people doing with this extra money? Putting it in the bank and then…
“We Know How to Lead.” Rep. Barbara Lee on Kamala Harris and the Unifying Power of Black Women
Bastiaan Slabbers/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Rep. Barbara Lee is a big fan of fellow Californian Sen. Kamala Harris. Last year, Lee was the first high-profile politician to endorse Kamala Harris’ bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. After Joe Biden clinched the top spot in the…
The DHS Secretary and His Deputy Got Their Jobs Unlawfully, a Government Watchdog Finds
Acting Homeland Security secretary Chad Wolf, left, and Ken Cuccinelli, his acting deputy, at a naturalization ceremony in Washington, DC, last month.Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Chad Wolf, the acting homeland security secretary, and Ken Cuccinelli, his acting deputy, were not appointed to their jobs…
After the Pandemic, Medical Schools Will Never Be the Same. That Could Be a Good Thing.
Tufts University medical students in anatomy lab.Jessica Rinaldi/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.One day in June, medical student Jasmina Ehab carefully examined a child’s rash. For Ehab, who is in her fourth year at the University of Southern Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine, this was an…
The Trump Files: In Which Donald Sues Himself—and Wins!
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This post was originally published as part of “The Trump Files”—a collection of telling episodes, strange but true stories, and curious scenes from the life of our current president—on October 5, 2016. In early 2006, eager to cash in on the housing…
We Need a President Who Doesn’t Entertain Racist Conspiracy Theories. Trump Is Not That President.
Oliver Contreras/Pool/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump is back on his birtherism bullshit. At his Thursday afternoon press conference, a reporter asked if he thought Sen. Kamala Harris met the legal requirements to run for vice president. “I heard today that she doesn’t meet the…