It’s Early, But Trump Sure Looks Like He’s In Trouble
Joe Biden has a big lead over Donald Trump in the national polls right now, but we political sophisticates all know that what really matters is the Electoral College. I haven’t been paying much attention to this because it’s still too early for polls to be very meaningful, but I got curious anyway and hopped…
What Happens When a Massive Racial Justice March on Washington Goes Digital?
Revs. William Barber, left, Jesse Jackson, and Romiah Shart, attend a rally on the east front lawn of the Capitol with members of the Poor People’s Campaign in May, 2018.Tom Williams/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had organized a massive…
State Department Official Resigns Over Trump’s Racism
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.From the Washington Post: A senior State Department official who has served in the Trump administration since its first day is resigning over President Trump’s recent handling of racial tensions across the country — saying that the president’s actions “cut sharply against…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 18 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through June 18. Does anyone know of a really good article that explains the German miracle? Did they adopt different countermeasures than, say, France and Belgium? Did they adopt them earlier? Did everyone in Germany take them more seriously? Or what? It’s not just that they’ve had the best response…
Trump Has a Half Billion in Loans Coming Due. They May Be His Biggest Conflict of Interest Yet.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Win or lose in November, one thing won’t change for Donald Trump: Over the next few years, his company must settle a series of whopping debts. Before the end of a theoretical second term, his company will have to refinance—or, in a…
The Trump Files: Donald’s Near-Death Experience (That He Invented)
Mother Jones illustration; Shutterstock 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 July 15, 2016. After a chartered helicopter crashed and…