Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: December 31 Update
The United States ended 2020 with 20 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and nearly 350,000 deaths. Here’s the officially reported coronavirus death toll through December 31. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.
Top Ten Things You Might Not Know But Probably Should
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 is it: the absolutely last, utterly final fundraising pitch for 2020. If you haven’t pitched in yet, this is your chance. Just click here. Now then, here’s a collection of…
Today Is Top Ten Day
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.It’s the last day of 2020. Hooray! Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out! The rest of this day will be taken up with top ten lists.…
Fatal Police Shootings Have Been Flat Over the Past Five Years
My Twitter feed has been full of arguments today about police shootings of suspects. I’m not sure why, but it’s as good a reason as any to go ahead and show how it’s changed over the past few years. Short answer: according to the Washington Post’s Fatal Force database, it hasn’t: It’s true that police…
Liberal Democracy Is Staging a Comeback
Chris Kleponis – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA 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.I want to share a few recent headlines with you: Pushback on Xi’s Vision for China Spreads Beyond U.S. The broad coalition uniting…
“You’re on Mute!” Is the Phrase of the Year
Courtesy of the Financial Times, here’s a weird chart to start off our week: What accounts for this? Corporate earnings calls, as the name implies, have always been calls. That didn’t change because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, the surge in mentions of muting started precisely in April and May, exactly when the pandemic…