Grocery Store Workers Are Putting Their Lives on the Line. It’s Time to Protect Them.
Shoppers wait in the checkout line at a Stop & Shop supermarket during hours open daily only for seniors in North Providence, Rhode Island. The dedicated shopping times at some grocery stores are designed to allow seniors, pregnant women and people with underlying health conditions to shop among smaller crowds and reduce their chances of…
These Three Statistics Sum Up Trump’s Failure on Critical Medical Supplies
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The distribution of personal protective equipment for medical professionals from the national stockpile was inept and insufficient, according to a House Oversight Committee report released Wednesday. The committee also found that the Strategic National Stockpile is now depleted, leaving states to compete…
A Jail Built on a Landfill Is at the Center of New York’s Coronavirus Outbreak
A man enters the road to Rikers Island.Spencer Platt/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. New York City is the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak—and perhaps nowhere is that outbreak…
The Democratic Primary Is Over. The Battle for the Party’s Future Is Just Getting Started.
Damian Dovarganes/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Hillary Clinton dropped out of the presidential race in 2008, she did so in an immaculately choreographed speech before of a mass of supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, where she boasted of putting “18 million…
Study Says Republicans Aren’t Taking Social Distancing Seriously
A year ago, I would have said that even in these polarized times there were some things that would remain nonpartisan. A major pandemic, for example. It’s not as if there’s a liberal ideology vs. a conservative ideology when it comes to defeating a virus. Time has proven me very, very wrong, of course. These…
Layoffs Hit the NRA, Even as Gun Sales Soar
Michael Conroy/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Mass layoffs have hit the National Rifle Association because of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Politico, more the 60 NRA employees have been laid off in recent weeks, after the group was forced to cancel its annual…