Biden Warns Republicans, “Voters Are Not Going Stand for This Abuse of Power”
Joe Biden gives a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 27.Andrew Harnik/ AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican senators should refuse to consider President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, until after Election Day,…
Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t Even Confirmed Yet and Trump Is Cheering the End of Obamacare
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.President Donald Trump kicked off his Sunday by tweeting out a call for Joe Biden to take a drug test before their debate next week, adding that he’d take one too. But that wasn’t his dumbest…
The Number of People Without Health Insurance Has Gone Up Under Trump
Percy Alban/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The number of uninsured Americans rose by one million in 2019, according to a Census Bureau report released Tuesday, reversing a trend of lowering uninsured rates ushered in by the Affordable Care Act. The number of…
The Seema Verma Scandal Shows How Republicans Exploit Modern Feminism
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a White House event on protecting seniors on April 30, 2020. Tia Dufour/White House/Planet Pix via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last week, Congressional Democrats revealed that a senior…
The Occupational Therapist Who Thinks She Infected Her Kids With Coronavirus
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.We asked people who quit in 2020 how and why they did it. You can read more about the project and find every story here. Got your own quitting tale? Send us an email. Anonymous Position: Occupational therapist As told…
One Woman’s Remarkable Quest to Feed Seattle’s Frontline Workers
Ezell’s Famous Chicken donated 95 lunches to feed University of Washington Specimen Processing Services. The lab workers prepare samples for COVID-19 and other lab tests. In April, We Got This Seattle fed 6,851 people through meal donations.We Got This Seattle For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother…