I Moderated a Facebook Live Event With Two Nursing Home Residents. It Was Shocking.
Andres “Jay” Molina, Molly Schwartz, and Vincent Pierce talk during a Facebook Live event.Mother Jones Illustration 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 impossible to consider the full impact of the pandemic without looking at nursing homes.…
COVID Has Turned These Nursing Home Residents Into Activists Fighting to Show Their Lives Matter
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 a cold and snowy Saturday in December, four men in wheelchairs slowly rolled up to the tall black gates that separate Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center from the outside…
This Is the Most Powerful Video I’ve Taken of the Protests So Far
Mother Jones/Mark Helenowski For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I’ve filmed a lot of protests this past week. I captured video inside the NYPD-fueled mayhem in Flatbush last weekend. I covered a peaceful twilight demonstration two nights ago where protesters defied curfew. On Twitter, I’ve documented Black Lives…
Follow Our Reporters in DC and NYC as They Cover Tuesday Night’s Protests
Lenin Nolly/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters in New York City and Washington, DC, gathered hours before curfew Tuesday to demonstrate against police violence and, in some cases, clean up after some businesses had been vandalized. In DC, today’s protests follow…
Inside the Mayhem and Police Violence at Last Night’s Brooklyn Protest
Mother Jones/Mark Helenowski For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few days, nationwide protests against police violence have turned into an alarming display of the very treatment protesters are rallying against. I live in Brooklyn and followed this weekend’s protests from my apartment, endlessly scrolling through…
“How Are We Going to Look Back on This Time?” Oral Historians Record Daily Life During COVID-19.
A photo of Astoria Park contributed to Queens Memory.Megan Green For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I almost started this post with the words “Studs Terkel.” And then I wanted to punch myself in the face. Studs Terkel—the irreverent, leftist, legendary oral historian—may be well-known and beloved, but…