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…
McDonald’s Workers File Complaints Demanding More Coronavirus Protections
McDonald’s workers in Los Angeles held a drive-through strike Sunday after one of their co-workers tested positive for COVID-19. Three days later, another employee of the same McDonald’s received a coronavirus diagnosis.Ringo Chiu/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Workers at two California McDonald’s locations filed complaints with…
Here’s How Trump’s USDA Could Help Struggling Farmers and Hungry People in One Go
Breadlines in New York City circa February 1932.National Archives and Records Administration For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.During the Great Depression, the United States encountered a food paradox: rampant unemployment left millions of people struggling to find enough to eat, even as low prices and overproduction led…
Farmers on Remote Island Fight Food Insecurity With Their Flock
A little goat.Paul Zinken/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Goats are an overlooked tool in the arsenal for rural, isolated communities to improve their resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
As CSA Orders Surge, a Farm Owner Reflects on Loss and Renewal in Rural California
Courtesy Eatwell Farm For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Most of the country is on hold, but fortunately spring is still moving forward. In California, it’s a time of sweetening strawberries and the first tender stalks of asparagus. CSAs—community-supported-agriculture programs—deliver these fresh offerings straight from farm fields to home…
“Customers Don’t Adhere to the Six Feet of Distance at All”: A Butcher on Working Through the Coronavirus
A butcher cuts meat in a Whole Foods in New York City.Richard B. Levine/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Sean Krane, a 32-year-old butcher in Los Angeles County, has been working long hours during the coronavirus outbreak as an essential grocery worker at Vons. While some states,…