Med Students Aren’t Sitting Out the Fight Against the Coronavirus
Medical residents go over patient information with medical students.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Saturday, March 14, Avery Thompson and 650 other medical students at the University of California, San Francisco, received an email: Clinical classes were going online and planned hours in the hospital…
“Shoppers Have Had Enough”: Instacart Workers Plan a Strike
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, workers for the grocery delivery service Instacart are planning to strike as part of an effort for better workplace protections amid the coronavirus pandemic. The nationwide walkout is one of a handful of similar actions across the country that call attention to…
Dua Lipa Wants You to Take a Break From the End of the World and Dance
Doug Peters/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Dua Lipa declares her aspirations with her first line: “You want a timeless song, I wanna change the game.” On Future Nostalgia, Lipa’s sophomore album, she crafts a pop hit with all the qualities of a sci-fi flick from the 1960s (clean,…
“This Feels Like a Death Sentence”: Rikers Jail Inmates Speak Out As Coronavirus Cases Spread
The Rikers Island jail complexSeth Wenig, File/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Inside a maximum-security building at the Rikers Island jail complex, Haleen, a 28-year-old man incarcerated on a parole violation, wishes he had an inhaler. At one point this week, the coronavirus was spreading through the…
No, Nancy Pelosi Didn’t Go Senile Over Her Coronavirus Bill
Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over at National Review, Dan McLaughlin echoes the sentiments of many conservatives about the House version of the coronavirus rescue bill: The House’s voice vote passing the Senate’s version of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill puts the…
Capitalism Is America’s Religion. The Virus Makes That Clear.
President Trump delivers remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2019.Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite experts urging that quarantine measures may need to continue for months to quell the spread of coronavirus, President Trump has said he wants the United States to…