Joe Biden Needs Black Women Voters. They Have a New Message for Him.
Matt Rourke/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Since Black voters in South Carolina propelled Joe Biden to a comeback victory a few months ago, there has been a big looming question: How can Biden increase his appeal to young progressive Black voters—particularly women—who overwhelmingly backed rivals like…
“News Is Just Like Waste Management.”
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Weird things have become normal in the time of coronavirus. We bounce between utter panic, gallows humor, and some kind of bizarre normal in which the pandemic is political. At my house we spent spring break building a quarantine shack to protect…
Let’s Get Rid of Perjury Traps Altogether
Mike Flynn in happier days.Aude Guerrucci/CNP/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Are you wondering why I haven’t said anything yet about the Mike Flynn affair? It’s simple: I don’t care. Flynn is a minor player in a minor tiff that happened three years ago. It barely even…
California Leads the Way in Massive COVID-19 Budget Deficits
Mark Rightmire/Orange County Register via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.From the LA Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom says that unemployment in California amid the COVID-19 pandemic has far exceeded what it was during the peak of the Great Recession, with 4.7 million people filing for jobless…
Read an Excerpt of Katherine Anne Porter’s Flu Novel
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.One hundred thirty years ago, on May 15, 1890, Katherine Anne Porter—Texan, journalist, novelist—was born. Her generation lived through many things, and yet American fiction from her peers—perhaps a bit exhausted from having to chronicle World War I—does not mention (at least…
Trump: We Only Look Bad Because We Do So Much Testing
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Even for Donald Trump, this is deranged: Trump on coronavirus cases: “When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing we would have very few cases.” — Sahil…