Try Listening to Yourself Like Studs Terkel Would
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Reeling from Lorrie Moore’s withering review of my generation in the New York Review of Books via a Sally Rooney takedown—is Moore right? Is she dead wrong? Is it both?! Why am I weeping?!—I needed a boost. So I went to Ben Fountain, who…
A Grab Bag of Goodness
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Roll the dice, flip a coin, form a single-file line to the left, keep 6 feet apart, fix your face masks (over your mouth and nose—it’s not a chin guard), and apply hand sanitizer before partaking in the good-news grab bag that…
Washington’s NFL Team Is on the Search for a New Name and Logo
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For a while now, Mother Jones’ editorial style guide has included an effective workaround for references to the NFL team in Washington, DC, whose name is a racial slur: “Refer to the NFL team in DC as ‘Washington,’ ‘Washington’s NFL team,’ or…
300 Drones Light Up the Sky to Salute Front-Line Workers and Promote PPE
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Granted, the most meaningful way to support front-line workers during the pandemic is to reduce its scope and improve the underlying conditions and disparities that heighten workers’ risks in the first place. But creative gestures of gratitude have their place, including the…
A Growing #MeToo Wave in Egypt Is Driving Results and Signs of Change
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As movements for justice and human rights continue to expand across the United States, coalitions for change are mobilizing worldwide on the strength of protests that are getting results, including in Cairo. Egypt’s capital was named the most dangerous city in the…
Energizing Words of Insight and Hope From Alicia Garza, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After this marathon week of fireworks, and last week’s, and those of every week and minute, the inspiring words of Alicia Garza are both timely and timeless. Garza co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement when she wrote “Black lives matter” in a…