Liberal Democracy Is Staging a Comeback
Chris Kleponis – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via 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.I want to share a few recent headlines with you: Pushback on Xi’s Vision for China Spreads Beyond U.S. The broad coalition uniting…
“You’re on Mute!” Is the Phrase of the Year
Courtesy of the Financial Times, here’s a weird chart to start off our week: What accounts for this? Corporate earnings calls, as the name implies, have always been calls. That didn’t change because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, the surge in mentions of muting started precisely in April and May, exactly when the pandemic…
The Coffee Shop Manager Who Quit With Her Entire Staff
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. We’re asking people who quit in 2020 why and how they did it. You can read more about the project, and all the stories, here. Got your own quitting tale? Send…
Banjo Player Jake Blount Challenges Genres and Questions Historical Narratives in “Spider Tales”
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 nearly a century, the musicians playing and promoting old-time string band and bluegrass music have tended to be white. That’s not merely a cultural trend, explains Jake Blount, a Black…
At Least One Thing Was Great About 2020: These Photobooks
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.When I sat down to write up my favorite books of the year, I realized, unexpectedly, a number of them are of work made in the past. Not re-published books, but…
Jake Blount’s “Spider Tales” Spins a Web of American History, Black Identity, and Banjo
Michelle Lotker 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.Banjo player and fiddler Jake Blount likes to mess with his audiences: He’ll swap the pronouns in the lyrics of the old-time tunes he covers. He does it with…