Current Vaccination Levels “Not Enough to Keep Infections From Surging”
Sebastian Gollnow/DPA/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Even though roughly half of the United States population has received at least one COVID shot, coronavirus cases have surged in states such as Michigan, prompting concerns among some…
What 26,000 Snakes Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Among the most successful reptiles in North America, garter snakes thrive from the tropics to the edge of the Arctic.Robert Mason Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is…
Here Are the Winners and Losers of the 2020 Census
Brian Cahn/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The US Census Bureau, beleaguered by a pandemic and a now-defeated president who was intent on making America’s 2020 headcount even more partisan than usual, released its congressional reapportionment…
Vaccine Materials and Supplies Are Finally Heading to Hard-Hit India
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The devastation couldn’t be more severe. Yesterday, India recorded its highest single-day death toll from COVID for the ninth consecutive day, and the highest new number of cases anywhere in the…
Child Protective Services Investigates Half of all Black Children in California
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.For decades, researchers have pointed out that the child welfare system is riddled with inequities. Black children are far more likely than their white counterparts to be investigated…
This Is Our Last Best Chance to Deal With the Global Climate Crisis
A small globe surrounded by smoke to illustrate global warming.(Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story originally appeared in Rolling Stone and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism…