Chart of the Day: The Moderna Vaccine Looks Pretty Good!
The FDA has released its briefing document for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, and it looks pretty great: This looks even better than the Pfizer vaccine, and it has the added advantage of requiring only normal refrigeration for storage, rather than the super-cold refrigeration required by Pfizer’s product. As with the Pfizer vaccine, patients reported a fairly…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: December 14 Update
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts Monika Bauerlein, CEO What a year. For my year-end column, “There’s No Quick Fix for Healing Democracy,” I unpack how change happens and why 2021 has got to be the year we commit to building democratic infrastructure. That includes journalism, and…
What Biden Can Do to Boost the Economy Without Any Help From Congress
Michael Byers 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 Joe Biden is inaugurated in January, he’ll have twin crises on his hands: a coronavirus surge and the economic damage the pandemic has wrought, including business closures, high…
We Can’t Talk About Corruption in the Georgia Runoffs Without Talking About David Perdue and Dollar General
Spencer Platt/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.Back in 2002, after two years of bankruptcy proceedings, a North Carolina pillow manufacturer hired a Reebok executive named David Perdue to right the ship. For Pillowtex, Perdue’s experience…
Hundreds of Black People Are in Prison for Life Even Though Jurors Thought They Were Innocent
Roderick Vidau with two of his childrenCourtesy of Vidau’s attorney 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.Roderick Vidau didn’t think the jury would convict him. In 2005, when Vidau was 28 years old, a police officer in…
A Victorious Joe Biden Slams Trump, but Urges Unity
Biden Transition TV/CNP/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.Following Monday’s Electoral College vote, President-elect Joe Biden took the stage in Wilmington, Delaware, to extol the democratic institutions that secured his victory, and to condemn Donald Trump’s…