Democrats Took a Terrible Coronavirus Bill and Made It Pretty Damn Good
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A week ago Republicans introduced the first version of their coronavirus rescue bill. Here’s what Democrats have gotten added to it since then: Vastly expanded unemployment benefits through June for anyone who’s lost income due to COVID-19. $100…
The Army and VA Are Recruiting Retirees to Fight the Coronavirus
Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Army contacted retired nurses, doctors, and other medics on Wednesday, asking whether they would be willing to return to active service to help the military respond to the coronavirus crisis. In doing so, the Pentagon has joined the Department…
What Do We Call a Deliberately Engineered Recession?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Heather Long writes about the $2 trillion coronavirus rescue bill: The good news is the majority of the money is going to laid-off workers, small business owners, hospitals and state and local governments. The bad news is it won’t be enough to…
Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect Have Fallen in Many States. That Worries Some Experts.
greg801/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus pandemic swept the country over the past few weeks, reports of child abuse and neglect dropped in many states. On the surface, this might seem like good news. But according to experts, the decline in calls probably does…
It’s Still Too Painful to Put Clothes On: An ICE Detainee Reports He Was Pepper Sprayed and Sent to Isolation
Detainees leave the cafeteria under the watch of guards in September at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As Lázaro Siberio-Pérez, a Cuban asylum seeker, tells me about being pepper sprayed yesterday…
Facebook Just Revealed Its Secret Strategy for Taking Down Hate Groups
Josh Edelson/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The members of Northwest Front have been called the “worst racists” in America, amid stiff competition. On Wednesday, Facebook told Mother Jones that it had used a new enforcement strategy to take down a network of Northwest Front accounts…