Crisis and Creativity: Seattle Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.What stands out most about Nate Luebbe’s exceptionally shot and hauntingly paced YouTube video Seattle Abandoned, a four-minute aerial glide over his hometown, is what doesn’t stand out at all: no people, no cars, no bikes, no signs of life or activity.…
Trump Built a Fence Around the White House. Protesters Turned It Into a Canvas.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The 8-foot-tall fence around the White House has been creatively repurposed by the public as a wall of memorial to Black lives lost to police violence. Designed to keep protesters at bay, the fence has become a canvas of voices—a gallery of…
A Bakery Owner’s Free Cakes Just Sweetened the Day for High Schoolers in Several States
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Bakery owner Bill Hanisch knew what to do when his old high school’s graduation ceremonies were called off: He announced that he’d bake hundreds of free personalized cakes, and appreciation came so fast that parents and administrators offered donations if he’d bake…
Celebrate Bob Dylan, Sun Ra, and the Mortal Who Connected Them
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This string of days in late March includes the birthdays of two of the greatest musicians of their times: Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) and Sun Ra (arriving from Saturn, he says, on May 22, 1914). Both are…
Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know That Today Is Geek Pride Day
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Today is a twofer: Memorial Day and Geek Pride Day. Geek day originated 14 years ago when Spanish blogger Germán Martínez wanted to celebrate geekness and pull together a community, so he chose the anniversary of the first Star Wars release as…
A Postcard Mailed 33 Years Ago Just Arrived, and Other Surprises to Start the Week
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Immunity boosts: Results. Our colleague Samantha Michaels broke a staggering story earlier this month about New York prisoners sewing face masks for correctional officers, hospital workers, and quarantined inmates, but being forbidden to wear the masks themselves in their housing units. Hours after her…