I Assumed a Quarantine Would Quash Online Dating. The Data Tells Me I Was Very, Very Wrong.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty We may all be hunkering down, wearing the same PJs for eight days now and melting into couch blobs (okay, maybe that’s just me?), but the pandemic hasn’t stopped people from swiping left and right. According to data supplied to Mother Jones by Tinder and Bumble, the popular dating apps have…
This #ProLife Texas Republican Wins With the Worst Coronavirus Take (At Least So Far This Week)
fizkes/Getty After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared abortions as nonessential care during the coronavirus outbreak (and state Attorney General Ken Paxton made an order to clarify and enforce that decision on Monday), a Republican running for Congress in the state posted a hell of a take on the matter. Kathaleen Wall, who is running to replace retiring…
Another Day, Another Meme to Debunk: Vaccines for the Bovine Coronavirus Will Not Cure COVID-19
During any big news event, Facebook becomes even more of a pit of toxic disinformation than it is on a relatively normal day. That said, there is one particular meme that I saw pop up a few times recently and I can’t stop thinking about it. (Some context about my feed: I am from rural…
Fed Up With Social Distancing, Trump Goes Back to Likening Coronavirus to the Flu
President Trump, in the latest signal of his mounting frustration with the economic impact of the coronavirus, is back to inaccurately comparing the death rates of the virus to the seasonal flu in order to justify calling for the reopening the economy in the near future—possibly as soon as Monday. “We lose thousands of people…
Nancy Pelosi Just Released Her Own Coronavirus Bill. It Is Much Bigger Than Trump’s.
House Democrats released their own stimulus plan for coronavirus tonight. It’s bigger and different than the one Mitch McConnell has had voted down twice already. The Democratic bill was apparently leaked early today and has been, according to Politico, “circulating on K street.” (What hasn’t?) But is it good, this bill, or is not good?…
The Most Irresponsible President on the Continent Right Now Isn’t Donald Trump
Adrián Monroy/Medios y Media/Getty Images All around Latin America, governments have spent the past few weeks gearing up for an impending wave of coronavirus cases. In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele closed the borders to foreigners. In Colombia, President Ivan Duque proposed a nationwide quarantine. Meanwhile, if you’d been listening to Mexico’s president, you’d think…