House Democrats: ICE’s Failure to Take Coronavirus Seriously Is Killing People
People in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington, last year. Ted S. Warren/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 17, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matthew Albence told members of the House Oversight Committee that none of the people in ICE…
Fed Report: COVID-19 Hits the Poor Hardest
The Fed released its annual report on the economic well-being of US households today, most of which uses data from 2019. However, they also included a bit of data from 2020 reflecting the COVID-19 economy. They report that 13 percent of adults lost their job, but the pain was very definitely not shared equally: These…
Amid Insider Trading Probe, Burr Steps Down as Intelligence Chair
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) listens to testimony during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 12, 2020.Win McNamee /Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is stepping down as the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee after federal agents…
Whistleblower Rick Bright Details Failure to Act on Mask Shortages
Shawn Thew/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Department of Health and Human Services ignored repeated warnings from the nation’s largest mask manufacturer in late January that the supply of personal protective equipment was inadequate for the coronavirus crisis, Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted head of the Biomedical…
20,000 Kids Have Learned Hip-Hop From One Revolutionary Network. Today’s Plague Won’t Stop It Either.
Students create hip-hop projects rooted in knowledge of Oakland public parks and climate change as part of Agents of Change youth artist residency program, funded by the California Arts Council. (Pictured pre-pandemic.)Sarah Arnold Photography/Hip Hop for Change For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Turning a pandemic into an…
If a Pandemic Can’t Force San Francisco to Reckon With Homelessness, Nothing Can
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The tents started popping up soon after the shelter-in-place order came down, in mid-March. By early May, some 90 of them were clustered in Civic Center Plaza, with more joining each day—a sprawling encampment of people without housing, little nylon domes dotting…