Lady Bird Johnson Was a Falcon of a First Lady
Mother Jones illustration; Penguin Random House 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.Lady Bird Johnson always fit the mold of a certain old-fashioned, stereotypical presidential wife: self-effacing, devoted to her generally unfaithful and domineering husband, not particularly…
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…
Are Conservative Policies Killing Us?
Mother Jones illustration; 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 article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article. In 2013, a research team comprised of some of the nation’s top epidemiologists and demographers compared…
The Seema Verma Scandal Shows How Republicans Exploit Modern Feminism
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a White House event on protecting seniors on April 30, 2020. Tia Dufour/White House/Planet Pix via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last week, Congressional Democrats revealed that a senior…
Trump Isn’t Waging a War on Poverty. He’s Waging a War on Poor People.
Mother Jones illustration; Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Mr. Smith, a 45-year-old man living in Washington, DC, scrapes together what passes for a living selling a local newspaper as a street vendor, for which he earns $20 a day—on a good day. Each month, he receives $194 from the the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP…
This Is What Happens When You Let a For-Profit Company Run Public Benefits
Mario Henderson leads chants of “save Medicaid” in a 2017 protest in Jackson, Mississippi.Rogelio V. Solis/AP Children lost health coverage, pharmacies stopped filling prescriptions, and seniors were unable to access the care they needed due to problems at Maximus, a private company that administers public services like state Medicaid programs and food stamps, according to…
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