5 Million Americans Lost Their Health Insurance *During a Pandemic*
According to Families USA, about 5.4 million non-elderly Americans (i.e., those without Medicare) have lost their health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic: It goes without saying that this is insane. More than 5 million working-age people have lost their health insurance during a pandemic. The bulk of the newly uninsured are in the South, in…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: July 13 Update
Here’s the coronavirus death toll through July 13. Europe and Canada are fine. Argentina might be plateauing, but probably not. Mexico is hard to make sense of. And the United States is continuing its post-reopen rebound. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is here.
Are 20 Million People at Risk of Eviction by September?
I’ve seen quite a few pieces lately about the dire condition of renters and homeowners as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. For example: The COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, a coalition of economic researchers and legal experts, estimates that 19 million to 23 million Americans are at risk for eviction by the end of September. Or: Today,…
Prison CEOs Say They Had No Clue Guards Pepper-Sprayed Hundreds of Immigration Detainees
A person in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody waiting to be processed at the GEO Group’s Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California last year.Chris Carlson/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Private prison executives claimed at a congressional hearing Monday to be unaware of any recent instances of guards pepper-spraying…
Trump Says He’ll Revoke Schools’ Tax Exemption for “Indoctrination.” He Can’t Do That, Can He?
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable with people positively impacted by law enforcement on July 13. Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Late last week, as part of his ongoing effort to pressure schools into reopening this fall during the coronavirus pandemic,…
How Bad Is Facebook’s Civil Rights Record?
Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Facebook recently released a civil rights audit that’s been two years in the making. Kara Swisher describes it: Facebook actually got an F, too, this week in an independent report that the company had commissioned about itself. The report…