Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: May 7 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through May 7. Switzerland and Germany are both low enough now that they can start to ease up on social distancing and instead control the virus via test-and-trace. No one else is very close, although France is getting there. The United States, of course, is light years away from being…
Friday’s Jobs Number Won’t Be Big News
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I realize this is pointless, but I have to say it anyway. On Friday morning the BLS will release employment numbers for April. They will show something like eleventy jillion jobs lost, which will prompt banner headlines everywhere. Worst Job Loss Since…
If You Clap Hard Enough, Donald Trump Thinks the Coronavirus Will Go Away
Isn’t this exactly what the White House has spent the past two months accusing China of doing? If we just deny that it exists, then it doesn’t exist. This works for Donald Trump in so many other areas of life that I suppose it’s no surprise he thinks it will work here too.
The Father and Son Who Shot and Killed Ahmaud Arbery Have Been Charged With Murder
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.News out of Georgia tonight: On May 7th, 2020, the GBI arrested Gregory McMichael, age 64, and Travis McMichael, age 34, for the death of Ahmaud Arbery. They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault. The McMichaels were taken into custody…
Exclusive: Stacey Abrams Says the Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery Was “Murder”
Mother Jones Illustration; Photo Courtesy of Fair Fight For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In exclusive interview with Mother Jones on Thursday afternoon, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was clear about how she sees the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old Black man: It’s “murder,” she said. …
Trump’s DOJ to Drop Charges Against Michael Flynn, Who Pled Guilty Twice
Michael Flynn leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 24, 2019.Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pled guilty in late 2017 to lying to the…