“Designed to Create a Climate of Fear”: Amazon VP Quits After Company Fires Activists
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tim Bray, a vice president at Amazon, announced he’s leaving the company because of the “chickenshit” firing of activists who spoke about conditions at the company’s massive warehouses. Friday was my last day at Amazon: https://t.co/kXYDPdNbs7[Server’s running a little hot but give…
CDC Seems to Project Half a Million Deaths From COVID-19
We are so fucked: As President Trump presses for states to reopen their economies, his administration is privately projecting a steady rise in the number of cases and deaths from the coronavirus over the next several weeks, reaching about 3,000 daily deaths on June 1, according to an internal document obtained by The New York…
California’s Red Counties Are Revolting
Here in California, sparsely populated red counties are in revolt: Yuba and Sutter counties in Northern California are set to allow many businesses to reopen Monday in defiance of Newsom’s statewide stay-at-home order….Modoc County, with fewer than 9,000 residents, allowed all businesses, schools and churches to reopen Friday as long as people inside could stay…
As Gun Violence Surges During the Pandemic, Mayors Beg Congress for Help
Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On an unseasonably warm and sunny day in early April, Chicago hit a deadly milestone: 21 people were shot—including a 5-year-old girl who was wounded while sitting on a front porch. Seven of the 21 people shot…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: May 3 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through May 3. Just by eyeball, it looks like Switzerland and France are a week or ten days away from zero deaths. Italy, Germany, and Sweden are two weeks out. Spain and the UK are three weeks away. Canada is unpredictable. And the US is about ten weeks out. Needless…
“How Are We Going to Look Back on This Time?” Oral Historians Record Daily Life During COVID-19.
A photo of Astoria Park contributed to Queens Memory.Megan Green For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I almost started this post with the words “Studs Terkel.” And then I wanted to punch myself in the face. Studs Terkel—the irreverent, leftist, legendary oral historian—may be well-known and beloved, but…