The Elizabeth Warren of This Recession Is…An Elizabeth Warren Staffer
Elizabeth Warren asks a question of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a hearing on the Troubled Asset Relief Program on April 21, 2009 in Washington.Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Before she was a senator or a presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren’s first foray into politics began…
Capitalism Is America’s Religion. The Virus Makes That Clear.
President Trump delivers remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2019.Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite experts urging that quarantine measures may need to continue for months to quell the spread of coronavirus, President Trump has said he wants the United States to…
Small Restaurants Are Furious About a Loophole in the Stimulus Bill. They Should Be.
John Nacion/Image of Sport via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.My favorite neighborhood restaurant is effectively closed down right now, and there’s a good chance yours is, too. As an increasing number of cities and states issue shelter-in-place orders, many of these places—now legally limited to…
“It Will Look Like a Depression”: A Financial Expert Warns Us About What’s Coming Next for the Economy
Visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York. Applications for jobless benefits are surging in some states as coronavirus concerns shake the U.S. economy. The sharp increase comes as governments have ordered millions of workers, students…
Donald Trump Signals He Might Sacrifice Thousands of Americans to Restart the Economy
Patrick Semansky/AP That didn’t take long. Donald Trump already seems to be growing tired and frustrated with doing the right thing. After about two months of deadly delays and denials, Trump a week ago finally began pushing a public health initiative to counter the coronavirus pandemic, promoting the White House’s “15 Days to Slow the…
Donald Trump Just Adopted One of Progressives’ Biggest Demands for the Bailouts
Gripas Yuri/ZUMA During a Wednesday press conference, Donald Trump made a surprising admission: He didn’t want to see companies that receive any federal bailout money spend it on stock buybacks—a potential restriction that, so far, has mainly be advocated by the most liberal members of Congress. A reporter asked the president if he would guarantee…