Let’s Connect the Dots Between Environmental Injustice and the Coronavirus
Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer testing and help address heath disparities in the African American community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) For indispensable reporting…
A Top Obama-Biden Aide Slams Trump for Missing the Moment for “Economic Dignity”
Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Gene Sperling was a top economic adviser to both President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama. In those positions, he was deeply involved in many of the key economic policy battles of the past few decades. During the Clinton years,…
36 Million People Are Unemployed and the Trump Administration Is Still Trying to Cut Food Stamps
A member of the National Guard distributes foodMary Junell/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In just two months, the coronavirus has cost more than 86,000 people their lives and 36 million people have lost their jobs, but the Trump administration is still trying to cut food stamps.…
“Devastatingly Worrisome”: Birx Warns Against Lockdown Protests
Michael Reynolds/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.White House coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx called the scenes of angry protesters swarming Michigan’s State Capitol building last week “devastatingly worrisome.” She warned that protesters—some of whom were seen openly carrying firearms and showing off swastikas and confederate…
California Is Going to Pay Restaurants to Deliver Meals to At-Risk Seniors
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a March 22 op-ed, published just after the coronavirus had forced much of the US economy to shut down, Washington, DC, chef and emergency-food activist José Andrés proposed an elegant solution to two looming problems: Have the federal government pay idled…
Reopening a Restaurant Will Take a Lot More Than a Governor’s Order
Hildebrant’s Deli, which opened in 1879, in Augusta, Ga., Monday, April 6, 2020.Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the last five years, John Gianoulidis satisfied Atlanta-area residents’ craving for Greek food with gyros and baklava from his two diners, both called Kafenio, and a…