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.

Contributors

Truth and Punishment • Does it matter if no one goes to jail?

The Race Card • The Supreme Court’s radical wing is happy to embrace social justice arguments that serve a pro-gun, anti-abortion agenda.

Insult to Injury • Inside the Kafkaesque process for determining who gets federal disability benefits

Crisis Diverted • Cities are dispatching civilian responders instead of cops to handle mental health emergencies—saving money and lives in the process.

The Elephant in the Room • We have some bad news for those who wish that today's unhinged Republican party would just return to normal.

A Dangerous Mind • Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee was thrown under the bus for sounding the alarm about Donald Trump. Turns out she was right.

Swag & Circuses • How did MAGA extremists take over the GOP? Look no further than the right-wing conference circuit.

Masters • Right-wing tech giant Peter Thiel has poured millions into the Senate campaign of protege Blake Masters. Their goal? Disrupting democracy.

Peter Thiel Touches Everything • Politics aren’t the only thing the billionaire is funding these days.

Everybody Loves LKY • How the soft dictatorship of Singapore became a template for the American right

In the Eye of the Storm • For 50 years, a Kansas abortion clinic has been at the center of "pro-life" attacks. Now, Trust Women is facing its biggest threat yet.

The Censor • Before Donald Trump and "Don't Say Gay," there were Woodrow Wilson and Albert Sidney Burleson.

Black or Bot? • As trolls and foreign agents co-opt Blackness for political gain, it's becoming harder and harder to identify truth online.

Dog Whistle • One of the biggest cliches in politics is just warping what we hear.

The Kids are Online • Virtual pre-K is here to stay, whether it works for children or not.

The Curry Trap • How a continent’s worth of food got mashed into a single word