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

Build Locally, Act Globally • How can we transform the economy if we can’t even create enough housing?

Watching the Detectives • After 2020’s protests, eyes turned to city budgets. Can controllers’ audits change policing?

Grounds for Reconsideration • Howard Schultz sold himself as a benevolent, modern boss. Then Starbucks employees pushed for a union.

A Matter of Faith • Conservative Christians gutted abortion rights. Jewish women are suing to save them.

Getting to Yes • Learning to love the green building boom

Sunlight Special • Big Box lots are part of the problem. They could be part of the solution.

Green Machine • How California NIMBYS and city councils use environmental laws to kill climate-friendly development

Electrify Everything, Everywhere, All At Once • Decarbonizing America requires a building spree not seen for generations.

Powered Up • Tired of being at the mercy of the regional utility, a blue-collar Latino community took matters into its own hands.

Plug and Play • Microgrids can revitalize cities, keep people moving, and literally empower rural areas.

“It’s Diabolical Man!” • How utilities game the system and thwart America’s clean-energy push.

Teacher’s Pest • Ron DeSantis has unleashed his culture wars on Florida Educators

Died Suddenly • How a far-right former bounty hunter popularized a Covid conspiracy theory

Insert Credit Card to Continue • Video games once evoked a sense of fair play. So much for that delusion.

The Cloud • How nature metaphors shade technology companies from scrutiny

A Thumb on the Scale • Cutting-edge obesity treatments are largely out of reach for communities that need them most.

Blood, Soil, And Grass-Fed Beef • The left once led discussions on global capitalism’s harm to the world and your gut. Not anymore.