Can Trump Really #FireFauci? It’s Complicated.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks as President Donald Trump listens on April 10, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump said Monday evening that he will not fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the…
These Photos Show the Staggering Food Bank Lines Across America
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Food banks across the United States are struggling amid droves of hungry Americans in need of a meal. And images from photographers around the country show the horrifying number of Americans lining up to receive food assistance. Anaheim, California: Cars were lined…
Want to Know How Fast Coronavirus Can Spread in Prison? Look at Arkansas.
Inmates at the Cummins Unit prison in Arkansas wait to be admitted through a gate in 2009 Danny Johnston/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the weekend, a man incarcerated at Cummins Unit prison, an Arkansas state prison in Grady, tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first…
“Certainly, the Messaging Was Botched”: How the Trump Administration Screwed Up on Masks
President Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus on March 14.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Among the many crises caused by the global coronavirus pandemic is a crisis of information. Good information, as Charlie Warzel wrote in the New York Times, is one…
Trump Just Told Governors to Get Their Acts Together on COVID-19. Pot, Meet Kettle.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, President Trump took to Twitter to urge governors to buck up and start testing residents for coronavirus. “No excuses!” he wrote. Governors, get your states testing programs & apparatus perfected. Be ready, big things are happening. No excuses!…
Anthony Fauci: We “Could Have Saved Lives” by Acting Earlier on the Coronavirus
Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that the nation likely “could have saved lives” by acting earlier on the coronavirus outbreak. “Obviously, if we had, right from the beginning, shut everything down, it may have been a little bit different,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told Jake Tapper on CNN’s State…