Heroes of 2020: Local Political Reporters
Mother Jones illustration; The Climate Reality Project/Unsplash 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.It was a Tuesday night in mid-November, and, like many Americans, I was staring at my phone in disbelief. Two Republicans on the board…
Heroes of 2020: Ed Yong and His Prescient, Terrifying, and Inspiring Coronavirus Writing
Urszula Sołtys/Harper Collins; 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.There was a point for all of us, somewhere near the beginning of the pandemic, where we said to ourselves, oh shit. One of my…
At Least One Thing Was Great About 2020: These Photobooks
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 I sat down to write up my favorite books of the year, I realized, unexpectedly, a number of them are of work made in the past. Not re-published books, but…
Monsters of 2020: The People Who Gutted Minor League Baseball
Nathan Shively/Unsplash; 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.A few years back, I was at a minor league baseball game in Geneva, Illinois, watching the Kane County Cougars play the mighty Burlington Bees, when…
Heroes of 2020: Everyone Who Quit Their Job
Getty; 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.Quitters, in the United States, don’t get the love they deserve. Stick it out in quiet desperation is the twenty-first century sutra. Quitters have to beat the odds.…
Heroes of 2020: Jacques Pépin’s Eggs
Mother Jones illustration; Prensa Internacional/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.One morning when the pandemic was a few months old, a roommate walked past me as I was cooking breakfast. He then turned around, confused. “Are you making fucking deviled…