Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: April 13 Update
Here’s the coronavirus growth rate through April 13. It really looks like nearly every country has either peaked or is very close to peaking. So let’s take another close look at the United States. As always, IANAE and there’s nothing sophisticated about my projections. However, they’re also completely transparent. It’s easy to see what I’m…
These Photos Show the Staggering Food Bank Lines Across America
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Food banks across the United States are struggling amid droves of hungry Americans in need of a meal. And images from photographers around the country show the horrifying number of Americans lining up to receive food assistance. Anaheim, California: Cars were lined…
Republicans Tried to Use the Coronavirus to Steal a Wisconsin Supreme Court Election. The Liberal Challenger Just Won Anyway.
Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jill Karofsky, the liberal challenger in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, has unseated conservative Supreme Court justice Dan Kelly in an election that almost wasn’t held at all. Though many states have postponed their elections during the…
Liberals Notch a Victory in Wisconsin
Jill for Justice For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.It looks like all the efforts by Republicans to suppress the vote for a Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin didn’t pay off: A liberal challenger is projected to defeat the conservative incumbent for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme…
Our Grocery Store Riddle Is (Partially) Solved
Aha! Reader JK emails to propose a solution to the mystery of the healthy grocery workers. It didn’t occur to me that there was a source that broke down grocery workers by age, but in the era of the internet there’s a source for everything. The numbers here are from 2008, but I don’t imagine…
Quote of the Day: “The authority is total. And that’s the way it’s gotta be.”
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Well, martial law it is, I guess. TRUMP: “When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that’s the way it’s gotta be. It’s total.” pic.twitter.com/zIuiBn1Mhw — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020 Recently from Kevin Drum…