Bush Calls for Political Unity to Fight Coronavirus. Naturally, Trump Complained About Impeachment.
Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Former President George W. Bush, in a rare message for the Call for Unity campaign, is urging Americans across the political spectrum to come together in order to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “In the final analysis, we are not partisan…
“Devastatingly Worrisome”: Birx Warns Against Lockdown Protests
Michael Reynolds/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.White House coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx called the scenes of angry protesters swarming Michigan’s State Capitol building last week “devastatingly worrisome.” She warned that protesters—some of whom were seen openly carrying firearms and showing off swastikas and confederate…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: May 2 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through May 2. Interestingly, France is our new hero country. They did abysmally at first and ended up peaking at a daily rate of 16 deaths per million. But ever since then, they’ve been declining steadily and are now down to 4 deaths per million. That’s a quarter of their…
Tunnel Vision: Lessons in the Impermanence of Permafrost
A metal boardwalk extends into the interior of the Fox tunnel. Whitney McLaren/Undark For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. To enter the Fox permafrost tunnel—one of the only places in the…
Biden Denied Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Allegation. Now What?
Drew Angerer/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For weeks, pressure has been building on former Vice President Joe Biden to personally address the allegation leveled against him by Tara Reade, the former Senate staff assistant who says Biden sexually assaulted her when she was working for…
Small Businesses Finally Received Government-Backed Loans. Now They’re Afraid to Spend Them.
Jeff Chiu/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A fund Congress created to help rescue small businesses initially struggled to deliver relief to hurting firms. Now that it’s been replenished, the strict rules and confusing guidance surrounding the fund’s loans has stopped many recipient businesses from spending them,…