Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 28 Update
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As COVID-19 Surges in Texas, Pence Visits a Dallas Megachurch
First Baptist Dallas/YouTube For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As coronavirus cases in Texas surge, Vice President Mike Pence spoke on Sunday at an indoor service at a Dallas megachurch. Gov. Greg Abbott, Housing Secretary Ben Carson, and Sen. John Cornyn, and joined the vice president at First…
A New Report Paints a Damning Picture of Police Killings in the Bay Area
Protesters block the Golden Gate Bridge on June 6.Vivian Lin/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Just 7 percent of the population of the San Francisco Bay Area is Black, yet 27 percent of the people killed by the police in the region since 2015 were Black, according…
Trump Retweets Supporter Yelling “White Power”
Earlier this morning Donald Trump retweeted a tweet that included this video of a supporter yelling “white power” to a protester: Seniors from The Villages in Florida protesting against each other: pic.twitter.com/Q3GRJCTjEW — Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 27, 2020 NPR tells us that “white power” is a white supremacist slogan, carefully sourcing this…
Trump Shared a Video of a Supporter Yelling “White Power”
Early this morning, President Donald Trump shared a video of a white man in a golf cart with Trump campaign posters yelling “white power!” The video, shot at the Villages, a retirement community in Florida, showed an expletive-filled confrontation between a line of Trump supporters riding in golf carts and protesters calling them “racists” and…
If COVID-19 Cases Are Going Up, Why Is the Death Rate Going Down?
This chart shows the growth trend of COVID-19 cases vs. COVID-19 deaths: Cases and deaths were following a roughly similar trend until mid June, when cases suddenly started to skyrocket while deaths continued to steadily decline. What’s going on? Part of the answer, of course, is that deaths are a lagging indicator, and you don’t…