“Not Who We Are”? This Is All America Has Ever Been.
A rally in Georgia to protest the killing of Ahmaud ArberyJohn Bazemore/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A couple of days after the death of a 25-year-old Black man in Georgia named Ahmaud Arbery became widely known, a Mother Jones editor suggested to a group of reporters…
Republicans Keep Blaming Workers for Coronavirus Outbreaks at Meat Plants
andresr/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus ravages the country’s vast meatpacking facilities, infecting and killing workers and slowing production, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has floated his interpretation of the catastrophe: It’s the workers’ fault. On an April 28 call, Azar “told…
Friday Cat Blogging – 8 May 2020
After being cheated out of her rightful place in the rotation last week, here she is: Hopper, queen of the garden. Or maybe huntress extraordinaire. Yesterday she caught yet another lizard and hauled it into the house as a plaything, a mighty deed that, as usual, went very, very unappreciated. Luckily, Hilbert was around, and…
True Crime in Indian Country: “Yellow Bird” Belongs on Your Quarantine Reading List
Mother Jones illustration For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Since Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country was published in late February, it’s been praised as a masterful work of true crime reporting. And it is. But it’s not just that. The…
To All the Customers Tipping Their Stimulus Checks to Gig Workers: We’ll Shout It Out Here
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tipping generously has always been an ethical imperative in a broken system that underpays gig workers on the shaky premise that optional tipping is sustainable, but during a pandemic it’s especially life-saving, and some customers are stepping up. An 18-year-old restaurant worker…
Per Capita, or Not Per Capita?
Which of these do you think is a fairer representation of how the United States compares to the rest of the world? You may vote in comments.