Premature Reopening Could Bring Another COVID Catastrophe, Fauci Warns
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth COVID-19 shot.Evan Vucci/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.On…
How Inequity Gets Built Into America’s Vaccination System
Long lines at a mass vaccination site in Danvers, MA, on Feb. 10, 2021.Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe/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 published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses…
This Agency Could Push Banks to Fight Inequality—and Biden Has to Decide Who Should Run It
Mother Jones illustration; University of Michigan; Wikimedia 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.Two years after the 2008 financial crisis, a government commission began releasing their findings on the causes of the worst economic downturn in nearly…
While DC Keeps Debating a $15 Minimum Wage, Fast-Food Workers Are Striking for It Now
Scott Olson/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.On Tuesday, fast-food workers in 15 cities across the United States went on strike to put pressure on Congress for a $15 minimum wage. Workers from Durham to Chicago…
How a Three-Word Phrase Sabotaged Black Voting Rights, and How They Can Be Reconstructed
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.In 1866, an Army officer named Robert Avery was stationed in North Carolina when he began hearing disturbing reports: Former rebels were rounding up as many Black men as they could…
Trump Won’t Sign the COVID Relief Bill. Those Suffering Can’t Wait.
Saul Loeb/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.On Saturday night, President Donald Trump failed to sign the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill extending key provisions from the CARES Act. The consequences are immediate and many: an…