Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: July 18 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through July 18. The US mortality rate continues to creep upward. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is here.
What’s Going On In Maine?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A headline in the Washington Post today is stark: Black people — many of them immigrants — make up less than 2 percent of Maine’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus cases We’ve seen the same thing throughout the country,…
They Praise John Lewis but Hate Black Voting Rights and Black Lives Matter
John Lewis holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution at an event urging Senate Republicans vote on a Supreme Court nominee on March 3, 2016.Us Senate/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Not long after the passing of John Lewis, tributes began pouring in…
Marco Rubio Eulogizes the Wrong Black Guy
Here’s Sen. Marco Rubio, in a since-deleted tweet, eulogizing the late John Lewis by confusing him with the late Elijah Cummings (whom Fox News confused with John Lewis back in October). Wrong black guy pic.twitter.com/qYnWSuw177 — Wesley (@WesleyLowery) July 18, 2020 He got it right the second time: Earlier today I tweeted an incorrect photo…
The Border Patrol May Be Coming to Your Town
Federal officers in Portland, Oregon after clearing the streets with tear gas and other crowd control munitions, on July 18, 2020.Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa via AP Images) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Trump administration says the Department of Homeland Security can occupy downtown Portland, tear gas protesters,…
A Bird Named for a Confederate General Sparks Calls for Change
A bird watcher looks through binoculars at sunrise.Bob Wick/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Across the United States, people are pushing for the removal of Confederate officers’ names from buildings, schools,…