Californians Love to Brag About Their Wokeness. So Why Do They Keep Rejecting Progressive Ballot Measures?
Students hoping for a repeal of California’s Proposition 209 hold signs as they protest outside of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on February 13, 2012. Justin Sullivan/Staff/GettyImages 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.Daniel Ho-Sang…
The Pandemic Is Forcing Foster Kids to Sleep in Hotels and Offices
webphotographeer/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.Over the past year, hundreds of foster children in Washington state slept in hotels and offices because no foster placement was available, according to an annual report released this week…
It’s No Longer Enough To Be Merely Anti-Trump
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.As you know, 17 states with Republican attorneys general have sued four other states in an effort to overturn the election results. Their arguments are farcical and the Supreme Court is…
An FDA Advisory Panel Just Recommended Authorization of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine
A nurse administers the Pfizer vaccine at a health center in Wales.Pool/i-Images/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.In a major milestone that brings the United States one step closer to the end of the coronavirus pandemic,…
Here’s Why the GOP Doesn’t Care About Pumping More Relief Money Into the Pandemic Economy
I’m having a little trouble finding something both new and interesting to write about today, but luckily for us all the Fed released its latest Flow of Funds report this morning. I may have some additional interesting tidbits to write about later, but for now here’s the basic distribution of national income: Apologies for the…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: December 9 Update
The United States passed two milestones on Wednesday: we recorded more than 3,000 deaths and our mortality rate rose firmly above the peak of our first wave. Those vaccines can’t come fast enough. Here’s the coronavirus death toll through December 9. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.