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Category: Inequality

Trump Advisor Compares Conservative Anti-Quarantine Protesters to Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks is fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956.Gene Herrick/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Egged on by well-funded political activists, Fox News, and President Donald Trump himself, protesters convened on state capitals in Michigan, Minnesota, and other states this week to demand an end to extreme…

A Right-Wing Influencer Claimed Native Americans Are Getting Extra Relief Aid. They Aren’t, But They Probably Should.

Last Wednesday, Kaitlin Bennett, a far-right social media darling who’s made her name trolling progressive college students, released a Twitter video suggesting Native Americans would each get $3,000 from the coronavirus relief bill, compared to the $1,200-maximum checks most Americans will receive. “Isn’t it racist to benefit one group of people over others based on…

You Should Worry About Coronavirus in the South—Just Not for the Narrow-Minded Reasons You’re Sharing

Exterior view of a Captain D’s advertising alternate methods of ordering during the coronavirus outbreak on March 23, 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama. Taylor Hil/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Today, as was inevitable, a map from the New York Times made its rounds on Twitter showing where…