Mother Jones

Mother Jones is a reader-supported investigative news organization recently honored as Magazine of the Year by our peers in the industry. Founded in 1976, Mother Jones is America’s longest-established investigative news organization. Our nonprofit newsroom goes deep on the biggest stories of the moment, from politics and criminal and racial justice to education, climate change, and food/agriculture. We reach more than 10 million people each month via our website, social-media presence, videos, podcasts, email newsletters, and print and digital magazine.

Contributions

The Kingdom and the Power • Christian nationalism is on the ballot.

Trumpnesia • To get a second chance, Trump needs voters to forget his disastrous presidency.

Kill the Messenger • The anti-disinformation field is retreating under attack.

In the Name of the Mother • How Shyamala Gopalan Harris raised a presidential contender

God’s Country • These Christian nationalists have a plan to take over America—from small towns to the highest court in the land.

Bully Pulpit • Meet the very online preachers who want to repeal the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.

Losing Faith • As an evangelical leader, I enticed lawmakers and federal judges to adopt a conservative Christian agenda. Donald Trump’s rise proved how wrong I was.

The Architect • Trump wants to be king. Russ Vought has a plan to make it happen.

Desperate Measures • Across the country, citizens are turning to ballot initiatives to restore fundamental rights ripped away by gerrymandered legislatures and right-wing courts.

Taking the Fifth • For a glimpse of the Supreme Court after a second Trump term, look at the radical circuit court that’s already driving America to the right.

Bad Habits • A spate of recent horror movies recycle tired tropes about nuns—and reveal society’s ongoing discomfort with independent women.

American Road Trip

Lawfare • The twisted logic of Trump’s cries of legal corruption

Global Warning • Why Project 2025 is an environmental catastrophe in the making

When in Drought • This obscure yet adaptable grain could be a healthy staple for a warming planet.