Jared Kushner’s Rationale for Sending His Kids Back to School Is, At Best, Misleading
Jared Kusner has “no fear” about sending his kids back to school in the fall. The White House adviser and president’s son-in-law said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation that he “absolutely” plans to send his children to in-person classroom education, arguing that the risk of death for children who contract COVID-19 is low. “Children…
After the Pandemic, Medical Schools Will Never Be the Same. That Could Be a Good Thing.
Tufts University medical students in anatomy lab.Jessica Rinaldi/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.One day in June, medical student Jasmina Ehab carefully examined a child’s rash. For Ehab, who is in her fourth year at the University of Southern Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine, this was an…
Billionaires Have Made an Absolute Killing During the Pandemic. The Number Is Staggering.
President Trump thinks he is delivering the average American a winning hand right now—despite a cratering economy, mass unemployment, and no clear plan to fight the cause of all this calamity, the coronavirus. At a Monday afternoon press conference at the White House, Trump went so far as to say that “carpenters and policemen and…
Trump Suddenly Cares About Health Care. I Think You Know Why.
Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In the middle of a pandemic, in an election year, President Trump is realizing that Americans highly value the health care system he’s tried so hard to dismantle. Last week, Trump suggested that he would sign an executive order requiring…
The Coronavirus Death Toll Is Staggering
Brian Branch Price/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday, officials across the United States reported 1,354 new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of reported deaths in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, to 161,367. The actual number of…
We Can’t Prevent Another Pandemic Without Stopping the Infodemic
Mother Jones illustration; Matt Barnes/Peacock Alley Entertainment For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the world grapples with the devastation of the coronavirus, one thing is clear: The United States simply wasn’t prepared. Despite repeated warnings from infectious disease experts over the years, we lacked essential beds, equipment, and…