Without Journalists, My Mom Often Said, “We Just Would Not Know.”
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Hi, I’m Jahna Berry. I’ve never started a story like that before, because I spent 15 years as a reporter. But I’m writing to you today as Mother Jones’ chief operating officer. I was director of product here a few years ago,…
Trump Campaign, Under a Court Order to Show Evidence of Voter Fraud, Produces Bupkis
U-T San Diego/ZUMAPRESS For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.With the frequency and fervency that President Donald Trump and his supporters talk about supposed rampant mail voting fraud, one would think it would be fairly easy for them to put forward some evidence. Well, maybe not so much.…
Senate Republicans Stand With the Postmaster General, Even As He Admits Mail Delays
Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Louis DeJoy, the embattled US Postmaster General, defended recent his policy changes in recent weeks, telling the Senate Homeland Security Committee that his efforts to make the Postal Service more efficient are part of a plan…
Friday Cat Blogging – 21 August 2020
This is Stripey pretending to be a lion out on the savannah. It’s also a good object lesson in the old saying that the best camera is the one you have with you. I didn’t bring my camera along on this particular day, so I had to shoot this with my cell phone. Is it…
From Our Archives, an Interview With Ntozake Shange
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few weeks, I have begun a long project of trying to read through the Mother Jones archive, piece by piece. You can too, here. (Well, sorry, you can read from January 1995 onward. Don’t fret, that’s plenty.) If you,…
Postmaster General Agrees to Prioritize Mail Ballots
Our beloved postmaster general testified before the Senate today: “We will scour every plant each night leading up to Election Day,” Mr. DeJoy said in response to a question from Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, as he testified for over two hours before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee….“There has been no…