Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition
Erica Harris and her daughter Jordan wear their protective masks as they walk home on Chicago’s South Side.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A few weeks ago, a thought woke Camara Jones up in the middle of the night. It was about the coronavirus. That’s…
A Right-Wing Influencer Claimed Native Americans Are Getting Extra Relief Aid. They Aren’t, But They Probably Should.
Last Wednesday, Kaitlin Bennett, a far-right social media darling who’s made her name trolling progressive college students, released a Twitter video suggesting Native Americans would each get $3,000 from the coronavirus relief bill, compared to the $1,200-maximum checks most Americans will receive. “Isn’t it racist to benefit one group of people over others based on…
70 Percent of People Killed in Chicago by the Coronavirus Are Black
Rawpixel/iStock/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The federal government still isn’t sharing any official statistics regarding the racial breakdown of coronavirus deaths. But this information is starting to seep out at the local level from some states and cities, showing that the pandemic is disproportionately killing Black Americans…
How McDonald’s Convinced Us That Civil Rights Was About Black-Owned Businesses
Demonstrators walk on a street shouting slogans to protest the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in November 2014.Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images In August of 2014, all eyes were on Ferguson, Missouri. The city’s mostly Black residents flooded the streets in protest after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown…
On a Bad Night, Bernie Won Big With Latinx Voters. Here’s How He Did It.
When I first met Oscar Ortiz at his job in downtown Coachella, California, I noticed two things right off the bat. One, he’s very tall—like, 6-foot-enough to make it awkward for this 5-foot reporter to walk next to him and get a microphone anywhere near his mouth. And two, he’s got a pretty chill demeanor—at…
South Carolina Was Supposed to Give Black Issues a Spotlight. The Primary Failed Them.
Joe Biden arrives for a campaign rally Thursday at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. Scott Olson/Getty Images The Forest Lake Country Club, a white facade on a picturesque lake just north of Columbia, South Carolina, has welcomed the state capital’s white elite for nearly 100 years. Among the members of this bastion of…