Jeff Sessions Ends His Political Career in a Blaze of Racism
Jeff Sessions waves to supporters after voting in the Alabama Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate on July 14, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. Michael DeMocker/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jeff Sessions’ political career came to an end on Tuesday. Sessions had sought to recapture…
In the OC, Masks Are Out for Schoolkids
This is Orange County.Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Here in Orange County, the Board of Education has recommended that children should go back to school next year. This is a defensible position. As the board’s white paper says, the science on this is unresolved, and…
“Delay and Disruption”: Fired Prosecutor Has “Serious Concerns” About Bill Barr’s Motives
US Attorney General William Barr on July 13.Oliver Contreras/Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Geoffrey Berman, the recently ousted US attorney for the Southern District of New York, last Thursday told the House Judiciary Committee, around 25 times, that he feared Attorney General William…
The White House Just Caved on Its Plan to Kick Out Thousands of International Students
Students walk past the “Great Dome” on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2017.Charles Krupa/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Trump administration is rescinding its controversial new policy that would have forced international students to leave the country if their schools did not return…
We Need New Stimulus Now
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.More insanity: Senior Trump administration officials have begun signaling their willingness to approve a narrow extension of the enhanced unemployment benefits helping tens of millions of jobless Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. ….One potential compromise discussed by Republican lawmakers would involve…
300 Drones Light Up the Sky to Salute Front-Line Workers and Promote PPE
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Granted, the most meaningful way to support front-line workers during the pandemic is to reduce its scope and improve the underlying conditions and disparities that heighten workers’ risks in the first place. But creative gestures of gratitude have their place, including the…