Marian Hill Is the Coolest Band You Probably Have Heard Of
Daniel DeSlover/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Samantha Gongol doesn’t mind the mistake. It’s become the running joke of the tour: The lead singer of Marian Hill isn’t named Marian Hill. The band’s name is actually a mashup of two characters from the corny play The Music…
Can COVID-19 Be Treated? Does Blood From Survivors Help? Experts Answer Our Questions on Antibodies.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On January 20, just a day before the coronavirus officially showed up in the United States and more than a month before the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic, doctors in China launched a small, five-person…
Here’s When Your State Will Run Out of Hospital Beds
Against a backdrop of hospital beds, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addresses the media inside New York City’s Jacob Javits Center, now a temporary FEMA hospital.Anthony Behar/Sipa USA via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As of today, more than 239,000 people in the United States…
Yes, Even Health Care Is Losing Jobs to the Pandemic
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier today I was surprised that there had been big job losses in the “health care and social assistance” category. You’d think those would be up. I just now got around to looking at the detailed establishment report, and it turns out…
Donald Trump Did Nothing to Stop the Export of Respirator Masks
David Becker/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The 3M mask story keeps getting weirder, and neither 3M nor the Trump administration seems eager to provide details of exactly what their dispute is about. However, it’s been widely reported that 280 million masks were sold overseas in a…
Who’s Losing the Most Jobs to the Coronavirus?
As I said earlier, I don’t normally spend a lot of time on the details of the monthly jobs report. This month is an exception since people are understandably interested in the effect that the coronavirus lockdown has had. With that in mind, here’s an excerpt from the household survey: There are several obvious takeaways:…