New York Has Finally Promised to Close Some Streets to Cars
New York’s Sixth Avenue is nearly free of cars in mid-April.Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Residents of New York City, the nation’s coronavirus hot spot, will soon be able to walk, run, skate, and bike on the city’s already vacant streets. Mayor Bill…
This Moving Song by British Stage Stars Will Help You Keep Calm and (Sniff) Carry On
Two days ago, performers from London’s West End dropped a beautiful, aching, heartbreaking, performance of a World War II classic, “We’ll Meet Again.” Just take a moment and watch it. Then let me give you the back story while you are drying your eyes and blowing your nose and pretending it’s allergies while sharing this…
Amid Rush to Reopen, Birx Says Social Distancing Will Continue Through Summer
Drew Angerer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At a White House briefing room and in a radio interview last week, Vice President Mike Pence pushed the message that the coronavirus epidemic would be mostly over by “early summer.” “If we continue these mitigation efforts in the days…
The Latest Injection of Trump Tweets Won’t Cure His Embarrassment
Chris Kleponis/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As Americans continued to roll their eyes at his comments about injecting disinfectant to kill the coronavirus, President Donald Trump mainlined a fresh dose of misinformation and grievance into his Twitter stream yesterday. First, he continued to try to relitigate…
Utah Was Really Into Trump’s Miracle Cure. Now It Wants Its Money Back.
Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad-City Times via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Utah residents may be lukewarm on President Donald Trump—the president leads Democrat Joe Biden there by only five points, a shocking number in such a reliably red state—but Utah has proven to be an enthusiastic…
LA Times: New Data Reveals COVID-19 Is Killing Younger Black and Latino Californians at Higher Rates
A staff member for a St. John’s Mobile Clinic provided workers with free COVID-19 testing in Los Angeles this week.Ringo Chiu/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.An analysis published by the Los Angeles Times on Saturday reveals that Black and Latino Californians aged 18 to 64 are…