Trump Regulators Just Rolled Back a Major Obama Era Bank Reform
strmx/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Thursday, five federal regulatory agencies voted to roll back a key financial rule enacted following the 2008 financial crisis. The change will make it easier for banks to invest in venture capital and will tweak some restrictions on bank investing in…
Warren and Booker Are Investigating Meatpacking Giants After Our Reporting Shed Light on Dangerous Conditions
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Thanks largely to the hard-hitting reporting by Mother Jones contributors Esther Honig and Ted Genoways in their exclusive investigation of how meatpacking plants let workers get sick and die, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker are opening an investigation of their own. Citing…
Republicans Seem Ready to Pass Another Round of Stimulus
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Ramesh Ponnuru reports that Republicans are finally warming up to a follow-up stimulus bill: They think enough time has passed to ensure that they won’t have to pass expensive bill after bill before the election. They’re facing rising pressure to do something.…
It’s Time to Cancel Sports for the Rest of the Year
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.How long is it going to be until we finally conclude that there should be no sports for the rest of the year? Especially college sports. The danger signs are already visible here and there, and that’s how it always starts. It…
Guards Pepper-Spray Protesting Asylum Seekers at an ICE Detention Center
People in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody participate in outdoor recreational activities at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana used by ICE, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Guards at an immigration detention center in Louisiana pepper-sprayed asylum seekers this week who…
Young Voters Want Elizabeth Warren as Biden’s VP
Elizabeth Warren in Nashua, New Hampshire, on February 5, 2020.Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Joe Biden doesn’t really have any electoral weaknesses, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. The results, released Wednesday, put Biden 14 points ahead of Trump, beating him…