Biden Wants to Desegregate the Suburbs. Naturally, Trump Is Furious.
Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During the 2020 Democratic primary, housing policy played a far more prominent role than in any presidential contest in recent memory, as candidates released aggressive plans to combat rising costs, exclusionary zoning, and a wave of evictions. But the issue seemed…
Are We Getting Better at Treating COVID-19?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I received this email earlier today from reader BL: Just read your article about what’s going on with deaths vs. case rates. My wife, a nurse of 35 years, adds that there are a couple other contributing factors causing deaths to drop…
Oklahoma Just Voted to Expand Medicaid as the Coronavirus Ravages the State
Sue Ogrocki/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The deep red state of Oklahoma voted Tuesday to expand Medicaid, which could end up offering 200,000 low-income residents access to health care. The measure, which passed with 50.5 percent, a margin of just 6, 488 votes, will expand Medicaid…
In Celebration of National Postal Worker Day, Birthday Cards and Wishes for All
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Where to begin? Percussionists first. On National Postal Worker Day, a round of recognition for all the mail carriers who deliver our birthday wishes to Ndugu Chancler, Sameer Gupta, and Rashied Ali. Chancler’s energizing fireworks and climactic beats lit up Yoshi’s in…
Lead Poisoning and Domestic Violence
Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Alex Tabarrok reviews Franklin Zimring’s When Police Kill and notes the following: A surprising finding: Crime is a young man’s game in the United States but being killed by a police officer is not. The main reason…
Support for More Immigration Reaches a Record High. Thank Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in Arizona last month.Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the first time in more than 50 years of polling, Gallup has found that more Americans want to increase immigration than reduce it. The obvious person…