Trump Orders the CDC to Change Its School Guidance
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States: In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if…
Mary Trump and Me: The Source Who Got Away
Peter Serling, 2020 For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.It came as a surprise. On Tuesday afternoon, a reporter tweeted a photograph of the first page of the “acknowledgements” in the new revelatory memoir by Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family…
The Supreme Court Just Struck a Huge Blow to Obamacare’s Birth Control Requirement
Jeff Malet/NC/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Trump administration rule that lets employers deny women free birth control coverage in health insurance plans on moral or religious grounds. The Affordable Care Act mandated that employers provide free contraceptive care as part…
Reopening Schools Is One of the Biggest Coronavirus Challenges. Trump and Fox News Are Making It Much Worse.
Gripas Yuri/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Amid the record-breaking surge in coronavirus cases, and as parents around the country face the enormous decision of whether to send their children back to school this fall, President Trump on Wednesday threatened to pull federal funding from school districts…
Is Small-Town White Montana Ready for My Big, Brown, Loud Family? It Doesn’t Matter, Because We’re Here Anyway.
Bunsen Peak, Yellowstone National ParkVenu Gupta and family For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.My parents came to the United States from India in 1973. I grew up believing that camping equaled two things: (1) being outside in the sun and therefore getting darker, a cardinal sin (colorism,…
LAPD Is Offended, Calls In Sick
Stuart Palley/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.From the Los Angeles Times tonight: An unsigned letter circulated among the Los Angeles Police Department rank and file last week, encouraging officers to call in sick to protect their own interests….“They succeeded in defunding the police; what do you…