The Other World-Altering Event Happening Next Week
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.An important date is coming up. On November 4, the day after the election, the United States will earn a dubious distinction: It will become the only country in the world to formally exit…
I Know How to Improve Elections in This Country, But Everyone Thinks My Idea Is Stupid
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.I live in New York City and in August I requested an absentee ballot to vote in this election. It arrived in early September, but there was a problem: like thousands of other Brooklyn residents, mine had a…
Donald Trump Doesn’t Have a Gender Problem. He Has Two Gender Problems.
It is conventional wisdom that Donald Trump’s support has cratered among women, especially suburban women. But is that really true? This goes through mid-October. Trump’s basic approval rating has been remarkably steady among both men and women. However, voting intentions have changed a lot—though not in the way you might think. In 2016, Trump lost…
7 Sanity-Preserving Boosts Before Election Day
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A lot can happen in seven days. Fortify now: 1. Kristi Yamaguchi’s childhood literacy nonprofit is meeting the moment. The figure skater’s Always Dream Foundation has improved reading time for kids in need by 20 percent during the…
The US Government Has Paid Trump’s Businesses at Least $2.5 Million—Including $3 for Water
President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 24, 2019. Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Like any president, Donald Trump travels with an enormous entourage that needs to eat, drink, and sleep somewhere. But unlike any other president before, when Trump travels away…
Loser CEOs Can Never Truly Lose, Pandemic Edition
The masters of the universe can never be wrong, they can only be wronged.Kostas Lymperopoulos/CSM via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.If you win, they pay you big bucks. If you lose, they pay you big bucks: The coronavirus recession tipped dozens…