Our 2020 Time Capsule Is Full of Stuff We Didn’t Know We Needed—Until We Needed It
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 March 2015, as part of the town’s 350th anniversary celebration, local officials in Smithtown, New York, opened up a time capsule that had been buried near the town hall 50…
Heroes of 2020: Floor Is Lava
Mother Jones illustration; Netflix 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.Roughly three months into a life concealed indoors, a surprise game show appeared on Netflix’s “Top 10” list. That show, “Floor Is Lava,” is billed as such:…
The Media Will Help Rehabilitate Trump’s Loyalists
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 was sitting in the corner of my living room, which is now my pandemic workstation, eating leftovers about a month ago when my phone buzzed. It was a notification that…
The Books That Got Us Through 2020
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. Nonfiction Burn the Ice: The American Culinary Revolution and Its End, by Kevin Alexander. In restaurant lingo, to “burn the ice” is to melt down whatever remains of the kitchen’s…
Watch Mike—Trump’s “Human Shield”—Pence Get Vaccinated on SNL
Andrew Harnik/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.Saturday Night Live gave viewers the opportunity to enjoy their version of Vice President Mike Pence receiving one of the first Pfizer vaccinations for the coronavirus, which he did in…
Things Are Grim and Life Sucks. Here Are Some Small Things to Distract and Delight You.
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.Roughly six weeks after Joe Biden won the election, the mood here remains exhausted and annoyed. Donald Trump is reportedly telling advisers that he’ll refuse to leave the White House on…