A Massive Study Flagged Concerns About Hydroxychloroquine Last Month. The Authors Just Retracted It.
Cadu Rolim/Fotoarena/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few months, there has been a pretty heated debate raging in both scientific and political circles over the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. The broad outlines are likely familiar at this point: President Trump has touted its effectiveness to…
LA Cuts Police Budget to Spend More on Communities of Color
The mayor of Los Angeles has responded to the George Floyd protests: As protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd stretched into a sixth day, Los Angeles officials said Wednesday that they will look to cut $100 million to $150 million from the city’s police budget as part of a broader effort…
Trump’s Crackdown on Protesters Is Great News for Chinese Propagandists
Ivanov Artyom/TASS/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As tensions between China and the United States have escalated in recent years, June 4 has become an increasingly important date for American political leaders, especially ones who are hawkish on China. On that day in 1989, Chinese security forces…
“Finally We’re Starting to See People Care”: Hundreds Peacefully Defy Curfew in Brooklyn to Demand Justice
Mother Jones/Mark Helenowski For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Police trailed a raucous, peaceful protest of several hundred people in Brooklyn early Wednesday night, permitting demonstrators to take over streets past curfew. While sporadic confrontations broke out at separate protests later, at least for these twilight hours, the…
Oops—Trump Brought the Wrong Bible to His Church Stunt
President Donald Trump holds a Bible outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington. Patrick Semansky/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday evening, President Donald Trump decided to get a photo-op in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, just…
“Three Years Without Mature Leadership”: James Mattis Denounces Trump
Imago/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In a sweeping rebuke of President Trump’s behavior in office, former Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday condemned Trump’s deployment of the military in Washington, DC’s Lafayette Square to disperse peaceful protesters with tear gas for a photo op, the Atlantic reports.…