We Throw Out More Than 2 Trillion Pounds of Food Every Year, UN Says
picture alliance/ Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as a part of the Climate Desk collaboration. People waste more than two trillion pounds of food a year, a…
Why Do Meatpacking Workers Face Such Gruesome Conditions?
Workers process pork at a Tyson plant in Storm Lake, Iowa. Tyson Foods Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.So far during the coronavirus pandemic, 284 meatpacking workers have died from the virus, and 57,453 have tested…
It’s Official: A Former Dairy Exec Now Runs Biden’s Agriculture Department
Second time’s a charm? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies before the US House during his first stint at USDA, in 2009. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After a 92-7 vote in the…
The Tipped Minimum Wage Didn’t Help Restaurants and Hotels Survive the Pandemic, Says a New Report
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As the debate over raising the minimum wage heats up, there has been renewed attention on the subminimum wage that restaurant servers make…
Why Opening Restaurants Is Exactly What the Coronavirus Wants Us to Do
Junior’s Restaurant in New York.Mark Lennihan/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in…
A Racist Policy Keeps Restaurant Workers in Poverty. Will Biden End It?
Noam Galai/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.For many restaurant workers, the trade off for hours of grueling work serving food and dealing with demoralizing customers, not to mention the threat of stray COVID-19 germs…