The 1918 Flu Pandemic Changed Literature More Than You Think
27th February 1919: A woman wearing a flu mask during the flu epidemic. Topical Press Agency/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When my mom was ill with the pancreatic cancer that would take her life, she was frustrated with all the rhetoric describing cancer as a battle.…
Trump Brag-Tweets that COVID-19 “Numbers” Are Declining. The Numbers Don’t Say That.
Samuel Corum/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump spent Sunday much the same way he did his Saturday—tweeting conspiracy theories about MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and the threat of mail-in voting. But, strikingly, as the U.S. approaches 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, Trump also issued a…
A Dollar General Analyst Complained About Store Workers Getting Screwed. He Got Fired.
A Dollar General store in Vallejo, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.One day in early March, Rebecca told her manager at a Dollar General store in South Carolina that she was starting to feel sick. She had a fever, some difficulty breathing. At the time,…
The United States’ Coronavirus Death Toll Is About to Hit 100,000. Donald Trump Went Golfing Today.
Donald Trump walks onto the green at the Trump International Golf Course in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in December 2017.Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump, who in 2014 attacked Barack Obama for golfing during an Ebola outbreak that ultimately took the lives…
A German Soccer Club Came Up With an Oddly Ingenious Way to Fill Its Empty Stadium
Cardboard cuts outs of fans inside the stadium prior to the Bundesliga match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Borussia-Park on May 23, 2020.Ina Fassbender/Pool via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Germany’s professional soccer league has resumed play with fans banned due to…
“A Petulant Child Who Refuses to Follow the Rules”: Michigan AG Slams Trump for Maskless Ford Plant Tour
Tia Dufour/White House/Planet Pix/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump on Thursday continued to defy public health experts by refusing to wear a mask during a visit to a Ford plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Afterward, in an interview, the state’s attorney general likened him to “a…