Why Are Children of Color Getting COVID-19 at Huge Rates?
From the New York Times: People of color have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and new research is heightening concern about the susceptibility of children in these communities. They are infected at higher rates than white children and hospitalized at rates five to eight times that of white children,…
Detainees Describe Dire Conditions After Hurricane Leaves ICE Jails Without Water or Power
A fence at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit immigration detention center in Louisiana run by LaSalle Corrections.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Hurricane Laura’s trail of destruction left several immigration detention centers in Louisiana without power or water, creating such dire conditions…
Congressional Dems Call On the IRS to Investigate the NRA
Michael Conroy/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the National Rifle Association, charging the nation’s oldest gun rights group with decades of illegal financial dealings and misconduct and seeking to dissolve…
When the Runway Lights Broke, They Used Their Cars to Land a Medevac
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last Friday in Igiugig, a village on the Kvichak River in Alaska, residents of the town (population 70) drove at least 20 vehicles to the airport to cast light on the runway as a medevac plane circled above.…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: August 31 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through August 31. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The line for the United States has suddenly acquired a huge blip at May 18. I don’t know why, but it’s probably because the Johns Hopkins boffins reversed a decision they made a while ago to integrate the New…
The Worst Moments From Trump’s Toxic Fox News Interview
President Trump—who spent the weekend unleashing incendiary tweets as deadly violence roiled Portland, Oregon—continued promoting bizarre conspiracy theories Monday night. He launched baseless attacks against his political opponents and suggested that the police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, may have simply “choked,” like players in a golf tournament. The explosive remarks came…