At Least 20 People Have COVID-19 at One ICE Jail. Those Inside Say Many More Are Sick.
Immigration detainees sit in a yard at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana run by LaSalle Corrections, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday evening, a Guatemalan man told me he spent three nights last week in solitary confinement at an ICE detention…
Trump Advisor Compares Conservative Anti-Quarantine Protesters to Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956.Gene Herrick/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Egged on by well-funded political activists, Fox News, and President Donald Trump himself, protesters convened on state capitals in Michigan, Minnesota, and other states this week to demand an end to extreme…
The Government Will Spend $3 Billion to Direct Fresh Produce and Dairy to Food Banks
Ricky Jones, operations manager at Magic Valley Quality Milk Transport, walks out the door as 4,100 gallons of milk pour down the drain Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at the Azevedo Family Dairy in Buhl. With restaurants across the country closed, milk processors have lost a significant chunk of their market, leaving dairy farmers with no…
A DeVos-Linked Group Promoted the Right-Wing “Operation Gridlock” Tantrum in Michigan
Daniel Mears/TNS via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier this week, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the streets of Lansing, Michigan, and defied an executive order from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to shelter in place to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The protest, known as…
A Health IT Firm Pitched Itself Directly to Kushner, Pence, and Azar. They Had Help From a Trump-Linked Lobbyist.
President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner as he speaks at a coronavirus briefing on April 2, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Baltimore company last month managed to pitch surveillance technology for monitoring coronavirus cases around the country directly to Vice President Mike…
Protesting Uber and Lyft Drivers Want Back Pay And More Coronavirus Protections
Mario Tama/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Drivers for Lyft and Uber in both San Francisco and Sacramento protested from their cars Wednesday morning, circling government buildings to demand the state award them expedited unemployment insurance and back wages amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the point is broader: Gig workers are…