Two Guards at an ICE Detention Center With a Major Coronavirus Outbreak Have Died
Inmates on cots at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana while Mother Jones’ Shane Bauer worked there as a guard.Shane Bauer/Mother Jones For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Two guards at Louisiana’s Richwood Correctional Center, where at least 45 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody have tested positive…
As Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds Vietnam War, Kushner Calls Response a “Great Success Story”
Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The United States reached two grim milestones this week: more Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus than in the near two decades of US involvement in the Vietnam War. The number of infections blew through the one million…
Chart of the Day: GDP Growth in Q1
Real GDP plummeted 4.8 percent in the first quarter: This is a little surprising: business lockdowns only started at the tail end of the quarter and shouldn’t have had a huge effect. This suggests that the economy may have been heading for a slide even before it got hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The slowdown…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: April 28 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through April 28. After regaling you a couple of days ago about why I switched to numbers from the COVID Tracking Project for the United States, the Johns Hopkins folks apparently decided to fix up their numbers to be more consistent over time. So the US chart is now pure…
COVID-19 or Covid-19? A Quick Survey.
The LA Times continues to use all caps for COVID-19.Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.How is the American press referring to COVID-19? Here’s a quick, semi-random survey: New York Times: Covid-19 Washington Post: covid-19 Wall Street Journal: Covid-19 LA Times: COVID-19 USA Today: COVID-19 CNN:…
This May Be the Real Reason Trump Is Throwing a Bone to Meatpackers
NurPhoto/ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 11, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem formally requested that pork giant Smithfield Foods suspend operations at its massive pork-processing plant in Sioux Falls after more than 200 workers came down with COVID-19. Smithfield ultimately complied with the plea.…