Fatal Police Shootings Have Been Flat Over the Past Five Years
My Twitter feed has been full of arguments today about police shootings of suspects. I’m not sure why, but it’s as good a reason as any to go ahead and show how it’s changed over the past few years. Short answer: according to the Washington Post’s Fatal Force database, it hasn’t: It’s true that police…
Mitch McConnell Stalls Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks While Trump Tweets Furiously
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.Finally, something Trump and Democrats agree on: Americans deserve more than $600 in individual stimulus payments. Yesterday, the House passed a bill with bipartisan support to increase individual stimulus checks to…
The Nursing Home Aide Who Decided to Quit Rather Than Work While Sick with COVID
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.We asked people who quit in 2020 how and why they did it. You can read more about the project and find every story here. Got your own quitting tale? Send…
Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors From Eviction Is Always Important—but Especially During COVID
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Julia Devanthéry 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news that matters.The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story, so some of the content in this article might be out of date. Check out our…
Liberal Democracy Is Staging a Comeback
Chris Kleponis – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA 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 want to share a few recent headlines with you: Pushback on Xi’s Vision for China Spreads Beyond U.S. The broad coalition uniting…
“You’re on Mute!” Is the Phrase of the Year
Courtesy of the Financial Times, here’s a weird chart to start off our week: What accounts for this? Corporate earnings calls, as the name implies, have always been calls. That didn’t change because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, the surge in mentions of muting started precisely in April and May, exactly when the pandemic…