Economic Growth in the US Has Been Fairly Good During the Pandemic
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To Beat Anti-Vaccine Trolls, Sometimes You Have to Think Like One
Wren McDonald 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.Let’s do a little experiment. I’m going to tell you two stories, and at the end of this article, we’ll come back to them. Here’s the first story: Last…
Our 2020 Time Capsule Is Full of Stuff We Didn’t Know We Needed—Until We Needed It
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 March 2015, as part of the town’s 350th anniversary celebration, local officials in Smithtown, New York, opened up a time capsule that had been buried near the town hall 50…
Heroes of 2020: Floor Is Lava
Mother Jones illustration; Netflix 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.Roughly three months into a life concealed indoors, a surprise game show appeared on Netflix’s “Top 10” list. That show, “Floor Is Lava,” is billed as such:…
Hero and Monster of 2020: Gerald the Turkey
Mother Jones illustration 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.When people sheltered in place this spring, coyotes patrolled the streets of San Francisco. A herd of goats reclaimed a town in Wales. Endangered Thai turtles set a…
Congress Is Set to Pass a New COVID Relief Bill. It’s Not Nearly Enough.
Yuri Gripas/Sipa/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.Congress is poised to pass a long-awaited $900 billion COVID-relief package that will bring temporary economic assistance to struggling families, as the country approaches a new year and the…