The Surprising History of the Wildlife Trade That May Have Sparked the Coronavirus
A rescued young Sunda pangolin takes his first tentative steps after being released back into the wild. ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This story was originally published by the Food and Environment Reporting Network. For the past 40 years, the Chinese government has promoted the wild…
“Without These Workers, Everything Ceases to Exist”: How Coronavirus Is Coming for Your Produce
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Every year in mid-March, thousands of men from all over Mexico show up in downtown Monterrey, the country’s third-biggest city, with big, rolling suitcases and folders full of documents. They huddle in groups outside of cheap hotels, waiting on their appointments at the US consulate so they can get the stamp on their…
“It’s Feast or Famine”: Gig Workers Bear the Risks of Coronavirus Because They Don’t Have a Choice
John Minchillo/AP “It’s been insane,” said Sharon Goen, a 57-year-old gig worker in Las Vegas who delivers groceries. She started to describe the experience, then stopped. “I—” she began again, and then stopped again. She sighed: “I’m trying to get my words here.” Eventually she landed on a comparison: It was like the aftermath of 9/11,…
Empty Tables, Cancelled Reservations, Lost Shifts: Restaurants Scramble to Recalibrate
A waiter stands at a restaurant in Monterey Park, Calif., Thursday, March 12, 2020. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Amid the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants are already taking a massive hit. In Seattle, an early hotspot for the spread of the infection in the United States, the prominent Tom Douglas Seattle Kitchen group announced it…
There’s a Global Pandemic but the Trump Administration Will Still Cut Food Stamps
February 10, 2020, New York, NY, USA: Organic produce department in a supermarket in New York on Monday, February 10, 2020. (Ã Richard B. Levine) (Credit Image: © Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts via ZUMA Press)Levine Roberts/AP As new coronavirus cases around the world and in the United States continue to climb, President Donald Trump Wednesday night…
How McDonald’s Convinced Us That Civil Rights Was About Black-Owned Businesses
Demonstrators walk on a street shouting slogans to protest the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in November 2014.Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images In August of 2014, all eyes were on Ferguson, Missouri. The city’s mostly Black residents flooded the streets in protest after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown…