White People Are Demanding Their Lives Back In States Where Black People Are Losing Theirs
Protesters denounce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-home order and business restrictions at State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on April 30. In Michigan, Black people account for 14 percent of state population and 43 percent of COVID deaths. Paul Sancya/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp…
Republicans Keep Blaming Workers for Coronavirus Outbreaks at Meat Plants
andresr/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus ravages the country’s vast meatpacking facilities, infecting and killing workers and slowing production, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has floated his interpretation of the catastrophe: It’s the workers’ fault. On an April 28 call, Azar “told…
Today Marks the First COVID-19 Death of an ICE Detainee
Detainees in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For weeks, the cases of COVID-19 among Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees have been rising. Now, ICE has had its first COVID-19-related death in…
Donald Trump Can’t Stop Spewing Bad Science. We’re Here to Help.
Andre M. Chang/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At a Fox News Town Hall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on May 3, President Donald Trump revised the US coronavirus death toll, citing a number significantly higher than what he’d been predicting just a few weeks ago.…
The Trump Administration’s Already Confused Response to the Coronavirus Just Got Worse
Michael Reynolds/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The New York Times reported Tuesday that the Trump administration was considering winding down its coronavirus task force, according to Olivia Troye, an adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. In a flurry of confusion that underscores the approach to messaging that has…
“How Are We Going to Look Back on This Time?” Oral Historians Record Daily Life During COVID-19.
A photo of Astoria Park contributed to Queens Memory.Megan Green For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I almost started this post with the words “Studs Terkel.” And then I wanted to punch myself in the face. Studs Terkel—the irreverent, leftist, legendary oral historian—may be well-known and beloved, but…