The Man Who Grieves for Kenosha With His Violins and Violas
The Black String Triage Ensemble plays outside in AugustCourtesy of Dayvin Hallmon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Whenever there’s a shooting, Dayvin Hallmon turns to his violas and violins. He’s the founder of the Black String Triage Ensemble, an all-volunteer Black and Latinx orchestra in Milwaukee that…
Do the Men Running the Post Office Have Conflicts of Interest? Elizabeth Warren Wants to Find Out.
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The US Postal Service Board of Governors told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday that she would have to wait to find out whether the body would release its members’ financial disclosure forms. Warren demanded the documents…
Poll Projection: Biden Has 88% Chance of Winning
A lot of people seem to be confused about exactly what the polls currently say about the presidential race. Just for the record, then, here’s a selection of projections constructed by Andrew Gelman and published by the Economist. The full set of projections is here. It’s a useful baseline for comparison to polls a week…
From Our Archives, a Visit to the Culture Wars (of the 1990s)
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Do you remember the hysteria of the “culture wars”? In the 1990s—across magazine pages and college campuses and in books (Arthur Schlesinger Jr., hello!)—there was a growing concern about the culture. Ah, that vague noun. Much like today, discussions of the problem with the…
Thousands March on Washington to Demand an End to Police Brutality and Racism
Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—and five days after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot Jacob Blake four times in the back—thousands of people converged on the National Mall to demand police reform, voting…
Do Republicans Know “Hallelujah” Is About Sex?
Everett Collection/Shutterstock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As fireworks lit up the sky over the White House following Donald Trump’s acceptance of the Republican presidential nomination, speakers blasted two separate renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” But the song isn’t the Christian hymn Republicans seem to think it…