Want to Know How Fast Coronavirus Can Spread in Prison? Look at Arkansas.
Inmates at the Cummins Unit prison in Arkansas wait to be admitted through a gate in 2009 Danny Johnston/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the weekend, a man incarcerated at Cummins Unit prison, an Arkansas state prison in Grady, tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first…
“Certainly, the Messaging Was Botched”: How the Trump Administration Screwed Up on Masks
President Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus on March 14.Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Among the many crises caused by the global coronavirus pandemic is a crisis of information. Good information, as Charlie Warzel wrote in the New York Times, is one…
Something About the COVID-19 Pandemic Feels Off Kilter
Waiting for drive-thru fruits and vegetables at a local farm.Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I want to summarize in one place a few of the coronavirus oddities I’ve noticed over the past week or so: Social distancing was supposed to reduce the transmission rate of…
Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden, Suggests They Should Play Chess
Joe Biden / YouTube For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Bernie Sanders made no secret of who he was going to support for president when he dropped out of the Democratic primary last week. He called Joe Biden “a very decent man who I will work with to…
We Are All OPEC Now
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Sentences I never expected to read: Saudi Arabia, Russia and the U.S. agreed to lead a multinational coalition in major oil-production cuts after a drop in demand due to the coronavirus crisis and a Saudi-Russian feud devastated oil prices. So I guess…
Trump Just Told Governors to Get Their Acts Together on COVID-19. Pot, Meet Kettle.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, President Trump took to Twitter to urge governors to buck up and start testing residents for coronavirus. “No excuses!” he wrote. Governors, get your states testing programs & apparatus perfected. Be ready, big things are happening. No excuses!…