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What Mother Jones is digging into in response to the coronavirus pandemic
MoJo Reader,
Of all the possible ways to describe these last few weeks, "disorienting" is the word that sticks. From the tide of breaking news, preparing our newsroom to cover a global pandemic, and shifting the Mother Jones team and all of our families to sheltering in place, it's been a lot and it's been happening fast.
I'm sure the same is true for you, and I wanted to check in with the Mother Jones community to share how weâre thinking about this crisis, and find out how you are. Because this crisis is not just about a virus or even the economy. It's about how weâas individuals, as communitiesârelate to each other, from either altruism or selfishness.
That's what I tried to unpack in my new column, â[Greed Destroyed Our Social Immune System. Itâs Time to Rebuild It](,â and I hope you'll give it a few minutes. There are a couple of questions in the piece that I'd love to hear your responses to.
Amid this uncertainty and confusion, what keeps me grounded is focusing on hope. So much altruism is already happening: People are sewing masks, giving blood, and sacrificing in so many ways. They are building mutual aid groups to support neighbors and raise money for restaurant workers and musicians. And they are finding new ways to organize politically without knocking on doors or going to meetings in person.
Last week the Mother Jones Podcast asked folks to share their stories of helping others. Grocery store workers talked about showing up to work so the rest of us could get fed. Andrea Gladson, a pilot in Southern California, used Facebook to "brainstorm all the ways we can figure out how to keep our small town alive and connected and not adversarial, because certainly with politics that's happened a lot in the last couple of years." And so much more.
How about you? How have you been coping? What has you worried? (Sharing may lighten the burden.) How are you helping others?
[I'd love to know what's on your mind right now](. (Filling out the form in the column helps us process your responses better than replying to this email.)
Here at Mother Jones, weâve been thinking about how we can help, too. One of the disorienting things about this moment is the firehose of information coming at all of us. Instead of chasing after that, our newsroom has been trying to focus on some essential and underreported themes:
1) Profiteering and corruption, including David Corn's piece on [Jared Kushner's connections]( to a company that stands to cash in on coronavirus testing, and Russ Choma's look at [Trump's massive conflict of interest]( as a hotelier.
2) Combating misinformation and disinformation, like Abigail Weinberg [debunking a health myth]( that CVSâs chief medical officer sent to employees; in response, the company rescinded the falsehood, saving thousands or front-line employees from harm.
3) Exposing the impacts on and lifting up the voices of vulnerable communities, as you can hear in a recent episode of [the Mother Jones Podcast](; in Samantha Michaelsâ [view from inside]( a federal prison; and in Becca Andrew's look at [what it means]( for women seeking abortion.
4) Holding the administration and other powerful institutions accountable. Too many examples to pick from, but if you need to blow off steam with gallows humor, I recommend last weekend's [video]( of Trump's actions compared to disaster-movie presidents.
You can find all of MoJo's coverage [here]( or in our new [rapid-response blog](. And you can always count on Mother Jones' opinion blogger [Kevin Drum]( to hold feet to the fire.
There's so much more I could go into, but I think I'll leave it here because during challenging times, those are two big things I cling to for sanity: The amazing community of Mother Jones readers and our team of committed, fearless journalists who show up every single day.
I'll keep you posted as this crisis unfolds, but for today, I just wanted to check in with you, share our crewâs thinking, and point you to some reporting you might find useful. I'd be grateful if you took a minute to read "[Greed Destroyed Our Social Immune System. Itâs Time to Rebuild It](," and let me know what's on your mind.
Thanks for reading, and for everything you do to make Mother Jones what it is.
Monika Bauerlein, CEO
Mother Jones
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