SF Tech Moguls Funded the Cameras. Cops Used Them to Spy on Protesters.
George Floyd protesters shut down the westbound lanes of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge on June 14, 2020.Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE/MediaPunch/IPX For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Smile. If you’re in downtown San Francisco’s business district, you’re in view of Motorola cameras so sharp they can…
Stephen Miller Has the Coronavirus
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.July 23: Stephen Miller, the extremist anti-immigrant Trump adviser who has promoted white nationalist ideas, lost a relative to the coronavirus pandemic, and his uncle tells Mother Jones that the Trump administration is partly to blame for this death.…
Trump Killed COVID Relief. The Decision Will Inflict Financial Hardship on Millions.
David T. Foster III/Zumapress For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Hours after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that more stimulus is necessary to help the economy recover from the coronavirus and avoid “unnecessary hardship for households and businesses,” President Donald Trump made clear…
Donald Trump Wants You to Think His COVID Diagnosis Is Evidence of His “Leadership.” It’s Evidence of His Failure.
Drew Angerer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Shortly after returning to the White House on Monday after a three-day stay at Walter Reed Medical Center, President Donald Trump ditched his mask and filmed a 90-second campaign-style video telling us the coronavirus, which has…
Thanks, I Hate It: Instagram Turns 10
Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Every day, I open up my phone and stare at photos from the lives of people I hardly know until I start to feel bad about myself. That’s because I use Instagram, the highly addictive photo-sharing…
A Short Guide to California’s 2020 Ballot Initiatives
California Secretary of State For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This is a special post for California readers. The rest of you may safely ignore it. This year we have one bond issue and eleven initiatives on the California ballot (Propositions 14-25). As longtime…