David Dinkins Was a Political Victim of New York City Crime
The death of former New York City mayor David Dinkins prompts me to show you a couple of charts. First off, here is violent crime in New York City: In hindsight, this chart makes it obvious that crime was dropping during Dinkins’ entire term as mayor, well before Giuliani won the 1993 mayoral election. Violent…
How Progressive Will Joe Biden’s Administration Be?
Biden Transition 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.Caution! Navel gazing ahead. So Joe Biden has decided on Tony Blinken as his secretary of state. What should we think of this? On the…
Inflation Is Always and Everywhere Just Around the Corner
This is from the Wall Street Journal, of course: Is there any economic condition that doesn’t threaten to blow up inflation? I don’t think so. I swear we could be under attack from aliens and inflation hawks would be warning that if we prevent them from destroying the earth that’s all well and good, but…
Two Theories Explain COVID-19 Racial Disparities. Which Is Right?
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.Black communities have been far harder hit by COVID-19 than white communities. Why? One theory is that it’s due to disparities in health care. The state of Michigan tested this out:…
Let Us Now Praise Donald Trump
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. Lol pic.twitter.com/33pHz0txB8 — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) November 21, 2020 Recently from Kevin Drum We Recommend Latest
How Many Republicans Think GOP Legislatures Should Overturn Election Results?
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.The headline on this CNN story says that “senior” Republicans are getting nervous about Donald Trump’s unwillingness to face reality. Maybe so, though they don’t really offer much evidence of that.…