More Than 132,000 People Are Helping Out on a New Website for Volunteers
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.“Pandemic of Love” might be the least-subtle name for a volunteer website of its kind, but you can’t argue with $18 million in contributions and 132,000-plus success stories since the site’s launch a few months ago. As the pandemic stretches on, a…
Detroit Teens Are Teaming Up to Paint Murals of Justice
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Artists are doing their best in Detroit, and around the country, to celebrate the progress and inspire more like it as the protests against police violence and racial injustice continue. Dozens of teens are using paint rollers to create a massive mural…
Creativity in Quarantine: Dissonant New Music for the Birthday Blues
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Adapting creatively in quarantine is a challenge for artists everywhere, but today brings cause for celebration: the release of new music and the birthday of its composer. Happy release day and birthday to the relentlessly imaginative New York musician Stern. His new…
Stanley Crouch Just Won a Major 2020 Award. “Victory Is Assured” Was His Signature for a Reason.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.If you haven’t read much, or any, of Stanley Crouch’s brilliantly constructed and historically informed writing on music and politics, let me know at recharge@motherjones.com and we can deep-dive the language, the love, the muscle, and the memory of his writing and…
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, Drops a Powerful Music Video Demanding Change
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Some mayors dance around the core challenges of the moment, while other mayors dance—and sing, and rally—to meet them. Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, released a video for “What We Want,” his recent EP’s title track. He appears onstage with…
The Revolution Is in the Streets—And It Slaps
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Jubilation doesn’t arise in spite of protest—it’s present at the root. Coverage of this year’s uprisings has rightfully focused on the torrent of police brutality against protesters. But rebellion is also festive. It can be beautiful, joyful, and catchy. As Jewish anarchist…