“It Will Look Like a Depression”: A Financial Expert Warns Us About What’s Coming Next for the Economy
Visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York. Applications for jobless benefits are surging in some states as coronavirus concerns shake the U.S. economy. The sharp increase comes as governments have ordered millions of workers, students…
Greed Destroyed Our Social Immune System. It’s Time to Rebuild It.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Mother Jones illustration; Rick Bowmer/AP; Alex Menendez/AP; Jamie Lee Finch/AP How are you doing? Suddenly, the platitude feels like a real question. In the video check-in with a loved one, in the shouted small talk with the mail carrier, in the smile to…
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…
I’ve Spent 27 Years in Solitary Confinement. Here Are Some Tips on Making the Best Use of Time Alone.
Keith LaMar in his cell, where he spends at least 23 hours a dayJustice for Keith LaMar Facebook For 27 years, Keith LaMar has survived solitary confinement in a supermax prison in Ohio, isolated for 23 hours a day in a space the size of a bathroom. From his bed, if he crooks his neck…