We Need to Do a Better Job of Selling Masks
Kevin Warn/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The picture above, from my neighboring city of Huntington Beach, shows a typical protest against COVID-19 lockdowns. As you can see, nobody is wearing masks. Of course not! Live free or die! Some of these people are just nuts and…
President Donald Trump Says Maryland’s Governor “Didn’t Understand” Testing Capacity When He Bought 500,000 of Them
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, President Donald Trump again lauded the nation’s capacity for coronavirus testing and said states simply needed to take advantage of that capacity. In doing so, he took a swipe at the governors of Maryland and Illinois, who have…
With Trump’s Go-Ahead, Georgia Is Reopening
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite warnings from public health officials that reopening the economy too soon could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases, Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, announced Monday that gyms, hair and nail salons, and bowling alleys would open back up on Friday.…
How Deadly Is the Airline Industry?
At least the TSA lines are short now.Jack Kurtz/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Here’s a headline in the LA Times today: The accompanying story asks some good questions about how the airline industry is handling COVID-19, but over the course of nearly 2,000 words it doesn’t…
The Good News and Bad News From L.A.’s New COVID-19 Study
Kevin Winter/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A week and a half ago, public health officials in Los Angeles County reported that 8,430 people in the county had been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But according to preliminary results from a new…
It’s Gotten So Bad That We’re Nostalgic for How Obama Handled the BP Oil Spill
Pete Marovich/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 20, 2010, a natural gas explosion aboard an oil rig owned by BP and located 41 miles off the Louisiana coast killed 11 workers and exposed a leak that would release an estimated 200 million gallons of oil…