Biden’s Labor Secretary Signals He’ll Fight for Gig Worker Employment
Abaca Press/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In an exclusive interview with Reuters today, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said that, “in a lot of cases,” gig workers should be reclassified as employees rather than independent contractors.…
The Fight Over Captain America’s Legacy Isn’t Just Happening on TV
A Trump supporter wears a T-shirt referencing Captain America during a protest in Miami on November 5, 2020.Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.So much of the drama in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,…
The Fight Over Captain America’s Legacy Isn’t Just Happening on TV
A Trump supporter wears a T-shirt referencing Captain America during a protest in Miami on November 5, 2020Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.So much of the drama in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,…
The GOP’s Black Friend Says America Is Not a Racist Country
Senate Television/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.“America is not a racist country,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C) boldly declared in his response to President Joe Biden’s Joint Address to Congress on Wednesday evening. If Biden jam…
The First 100 Days: How Joe Biden Is Giving Big Government a Big Shot in the Arm
Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In his 1981 inauguration speech, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed, “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” Nearly four decades…
I’m Angry That I’m Grateful That My Brother Survived a Traffic Stop
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.I don’t recall the date, but I know it was before COVID and before the world knew the name George Floyd. I know that I was undisturbed…