Millions of People Can’t Afford to Keep Their Lights On. Now There’s a Pandemic.
Mint Images via Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last month, a city council meeting in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, went viral after an angry city commissioner began shouting at the mayor about the city’s lack of preparedness for the novel coronavirus pandemic that was just beginning…
Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition
Erica Harris and her daughter Jordan wear their protective masks as they walk home on Chicago’s South Side.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A few weeks ago, a thought woke Camara Jones up in the middle of the night. It was about the coronavirus. That’s…
Boeing Wants a Government Bailout. The Pentagon Already Gave It One.
Seattle Aviation/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A brutal 2019 for Boeing was turning into an even more torturous 2020. After weathering the enormous cost of grounding its scandal-plagued 737 Max jets, Boeing stood to lose even more money from the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis…
Progressives Push for Rescue Package that Puts People Over Corporations
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrive for a news conference on President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2021, at the Capitol on Feb. 11, 2020. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother…
These Three Statistics Sum Up Trump’s Failure on Critical Medical Supplies
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The distribution of personal protective equipment for medical professionals from the national stockpile was inept and insufficient, according to a House Oversight Committee report released Wednesday. The committee also found that the Strategic National Stockpile is now depleted, leaving states to compete…
A Jail Built on a Landfill Is at the Center of New York’s Coronavirus Outbreak
A man enters the road to Rikers Island.Spencer Platt/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. New York City is the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak—and perhaps nowhere is that outbreak…