Protesting Uber and Lyft Drivers Want Back Pay And More Coronavirus Protections
Mario Tama/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Drivers for Lyft and Uber in both San Francisco and Sacramento protested from their cars Wednesday morning, circling government buildings to demand the state award them expedited unemployment insurance and back wages amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the point is broader: Gig workers are…
Donald Trump Has Discovered He Can Dial Up a Mob Whenever He Wants
Protesters block streets in Lansing, Michigan, to display their hostility toward the governor’s stay-at-home order.TNS via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the first time ever, I’m a little scared of what Trump might do later this year: Will be forever haunted by this image of…
COVID-19 Will Probably Cause Poverty to Decrease
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jason DeParle reports on a study that says the COVID-19 pandemic will cause poverty in America to increase sharply: If quarterly unemployment hits 30 percent — as the president of one Federal Reserve Bank predicts — 15.4 percent of Americans will fall…
Russia Scandal Figure Who Decried “Ukraine Hoax” Will Aid Trump’s Coronavirus Messaging
Michael Caputo, left, following his testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on July 14, 2017.Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the Department of Health and Human Services battles the coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration has placed Michael Caputo, a…
Let a Science Fiction Author Predict Your Pandemic Future
Charlie and his beloved companion, Murdercat.Charles Stross For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The latest hotness from the epidemiological community is that COVID-19 is now endemic in the human population and it’s not going to go away until either (a) we have an effective vaccine or (b) everyone…
Lunchtime Photo — Throwback Thursday
Back in 2008 my mother and I took a trip to Europe to check out the towns and villages where our ancestors lived. The Drum line of the family, it turns out, originated in Ulmet, Germany, a village about 60 miles southeast of Frankfurt. This is the village church, originally built in the 12th century.…