The Good News and Bad News From L.A.’s New COVID-19 Study
Kevin Winter/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A week and a half ago, public health officials in Los Angeles County reported that 8,430 people in the county had been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But according to preliminary results from a new…
It’s Gotten So Bad That We’re Nostalgic for How Obama Handled the BP Oil Spill
Pete Marovich/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On April 20, 2010, a natural gas explosion aboard an oil rig owned by BP and located 41 miles off the Louisiana coast killed 11 workers and exposed a leak that would release an estimated 200 million gallons of oil…
The COVID Relief Bill Set Aside $8 Billion for Native Tribes. Corporations Could Get Half.
An Arizona National Guard helicopter takes off to deliver medical supplies to the remote Navajo Nation on March 31, 2020.Ross D. Franklin/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During a Friday morning virtual town hall about coronavirus in Native American communities, Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation,…
How an “Old Hippie” Got Accused of Astroturfing the Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy
An anti-shutdown protest in Harrisburg, Pa.AP Photo/Matt Rourke For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I caught up with Michael Murphy late on Sunday from his home in Jacksonville, Florida, but it wasn’t easy: he hadn’t been able to answer his phone for 24 hours. “I had to turn…
Trump Spent the Beginning of His Coronavirus Briefing Bragging About American Testing. He Shouldn’t.
Patrick Semansky/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Near the start of his Sunday coronavirus briefing, President Donald Trump waved around a swab and a Q-tip and described how they were different from one another. (It wasn’t the weirdest part of the briefing.) They were visual aids to…
I’m Pretty Sure This Is the Grossest Moment of a Coronavirus Briefing Yet
Patrick Semansky/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Today is my mom’s birthday, but because I’m on weekend duty and because my parents’ phone has been seemingly busy all day—yes, that’s a thing that can still happen in 2020—I haven’t yet had a chance to talk to her…