A 4-Year-Old, a 5-Year-Old, and a 7-Year-Old Are Now Very, Very Famous Artists
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Think back to when you were 4, 5, and 7. You were a renowned artist. Top talent. Your drawings won national contests and were prominently displayed on Times Square billboards. No? Don’t be shy: You were limitlessly artistic, so find it in…
In Celebration of National Postal Worker Day, Birthday Cards and Wishes for All
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Where to begin? Percussionists first. On National Postal Worker Day, a round of recognition for all the mail carriers who deliver our birthday wishes to Ndugu Chancler, Sameer Gupta, and Rashied Ali. Chancler’s energizing fireworks and climactic beats lit up Yoshi’s in…
A Customer Attacked a Barista for Asking Her to Wear a Mask. Bad Move: $32,000 in Tips Rolled In.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Like clockwork, a customer walked into a Starbucks without a mask and loudly refused the barista’s request that she wear one (on order of county officials). A more authoritarian overreach, the customer had never seen, so this principled, in-the-right customer—who was denied…
Diane Guerrero, of “Jane the Virgin” and “Orange Is the New Black,” in Conversation on COVID-19 and Immigration
Diane Guerrero and Mother Jones immigration reporter Fernanda EchavarriMother Jones For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In case you missed the insightful and timely conversation Thursday with actor, activist, and author Diane Guerrero and Mother Jones immigration reporter Fernanda Echavarri, catch it here, a highlight of our “In…
LeBron James Dunks Again on Trump, Scoring Multimillions for a New Media Empire
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.LeBron James has been dunking on Donald Trump for years now, posterizing the president in a kingly pose of majesty and strength and style, with tweets and press statements like this one and this one. The NBA star isn’t about to let up…
Warren and Booker Are Investigating Meatpacking Giants After Our Reporting Shed Light on Dangerous Conditions
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Thanks largely to the hard-hitting reporting by Mother Jones contributors Esther Honig and Ted Genoways in their exclusive investigation of how meatpacking plants let workers get sick and die, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker are opening an investigation of their own. Citing…