A Top Obama-Biden Aide Slams Trump for Missing the Moment for “Economic Dignity”
Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Gene Sperling was a top economic adviser to both President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama. In those positions, he was deeply involved in many of the key economic policy battles of the past few decades. During the Clinton years,…
Debt Collectors Get a Bailout in Democrats’ New Pandemic Relief Bill
Saul Loeb/CNP/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.House Democrats’ second emergency relief bill offers a welcome soft landing for the millions of Americans struggling to pay their bills in the face of a pandemic-induced recession. But that relief is a two-way street: Debt collectors, too, will received…
Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition
Erica Harris and her daughter Jordan wear their protective masks as they walk home on Chicago’s South Side.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A few weeks ago, a thought woke Camara Jones up in the middle of the night. It was about the coronavirus. That’s…
Should You Avoid the Grocery Store Today to Help SNAP Recipients? It’s Complicated.
Jeremy Hogan/Sipa via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In less than a single month, the coronavirus pandemic has completely altered the day-to-day lives of millions of Americans. With many stores running out of essential items such as milk, eggs, and canned food almost as soon as…
Big Outbreaks Like The Coronavirus Actually Do Discriminate: Against the Poor and Most Needy
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a press conference that there is no end in sight to the rapidly expanding novel Coronavirus outbreak. As of Friday afternoon, there were 31,530 cases worldwide, including 12 in the United States, with estimates of 638 deaths, mostly in China. Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director…
California’s Controversial Housing Bill Just Died. It Wasn’t Just Because of NIMBYs.
Jae C. Hong/AP The controversial housing bill, SB 50, that’s been roiling California’s state legislature—which would have revolutionized land use and housing in the state—failed yet again in dramatic fashion Thursday afternoon. It was three votes shy from passing out of the state Senate, following an attempt to pass it on Wednesday that also came…