Capitalism Is America’s Religion. The Virus Makes That Clear.
President Trump delivers remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2019.Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite experts urging that quarantine measures may need to continue for months to quell the spread of coronavirus, President Trump has said he wants the United States to…
Small Restaurants Are Furious About a Loophole in the Stimulus Bill. They Should Be.
John Nacion/Image of Sport via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.My favorite neighborhood restaurant is effectively closed down right now, and there’s a good chance yours is, too. As an increasing number of cities and states issue shelter-in-place orders, many of these places—now legally limited to…
Hours After Doubting the Need for 40,000 Ventilators, Trump Demanded 40,000 Ventilators
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus on March 25, 2020.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.With almost half of US novel coronavirus deaths in New York City and 44,000 people already infected there, Governor Andrew Cuomo asked the federal government for 30,000 ventilators on Tuesday…
“An Open License to Pollute”: The EPA Has Halted Enforcement Due to COVID-19
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a wildly cynical turn of events, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to broadly waive environmental law because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the EPA’s head of enforcement Susan Bodine sent a letter to “All Governmental and…
Grocery Clerks Are Now Emergency Personnel in Several States. California’s Workers Want In.
A stock clerk wearing gloves refills empty shelves at Whole Foods in Santa Barbara, California.Amy Katz/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.While more than half the country’s population is now under shelter-in-place orders to fight the spread of the coronavirus, grocery and pharmacy workers are still reporting…
Self-Quarantine Orders Meet the Right-Wing Militia Movement
Ammon Bundy Kelsey Grey/Idaho Statesman via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.It was only a matter of time before efforts to contain the coronavirus bumped up against the Sagebrush Rebellion. Yesterday, Idaho‘s Republican governor Brad Little issued a self-isolate order closing all nonessential businesses in the…