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Mother Jones

May/June 2018
Magazine

Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization with a bimonthly magazine that delivers bold and original reporting on the urgent issues of our day, from politics and climate change to education and the food we eat. We investigate stories that are in the public’s interest. From revelatory scoops to deep-dive investigations, Mother Jones journalism is award-winning storytelling that informs and inspires 8 million monthly readers.

Contributors

YOU’VE BEEN HACKED • We’re only beginning to understand how our democracy was rigged—and what we can do about it.

OUT OF THE BLUE • This year, a surge of Democratic candidates is challenging Republicans in places—and races—where progressives usually fear to tread.

A REMOTE CHANCE • As more immigration hearings are held via teleconference, thousands of detainees never get their day in court.

GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR PER DIEM • The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is shaping up as a boom time for the private prison industry.

GEORGIA ON HER MIND • Stacey Abrams wants to be America’s first black woman governor. First, she has to build a delicate coalition.

MOVING VIOLATIONS • How does Chicago make more than $200 million a year on traffic and parking tickets? By bankrupting thousands of drivers.

CLOAK AND DATA • Inside the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica

QUID PRO MERCER • How the megadonors have leveraged their political spending into profits for their data firm

WEAPONS OF MASS DISRUPTION • When it comes to Russian cyberattacks, we’ve seen nothing yet.

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE FOR THE NRA • Are Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina just a couple of Russian activists who love guns and Donald Trump—or something shadier?

MAKING CONTACT

HIDDEN FIGURES • The 2020 census will shape the future of our democracy. The Trump administration is working to make that future whiter and more conservative.

RACE TO THE BOTTOM • The census has never been a perfect enumeration of the US population, but it has disproportionately undercounted minority groups, including African Americans and Hispanics (a category that was not included as an option on the census before 1980).

DOWN FOR THE COUNT • Security experts warn that an online census will leave us more vulnerable than ever.

BOTTLED UP • DRINKING MAY HAVE GIVEN ME CANCER. THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY WORKED HARD TO DOWNPLAY THE RISK.

THE BEST VIRAL NEWS YOU’LL EVER READ • Antibiotic resistance is one of the scariest threats today—but a forgotten remedy may save us yet.

The Resistance • Phages are viruses capable of infiltrating and exploding bacterial cells that can cause dangerous infection.

HOLDING COURT • The return of the political athlete

THE GHOST WRITER • Tracy K. Smith stirs up America’s demons, if only to bring us a little peace.

NATIVE SON • Novelist Tommy Orange highlights a group of urbanites we seldom hear about.

LOVE, CONTRACTUALLY • How to protect an unconventional family in the age of Trump

OATS AND DREAMS • How a milk trend could stoke an agricultural revolution


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English

Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization with a bimonthly magazine that delivers bold and original reporting on the urgent issues of our day, from politics and climate change to education and the food we eat. We investigate stories that are in the public’s interest. From revelatory scoops to deep-dive investigations, Mother Jones journalism is award-winning storytelling that informs and inspires 8 million monthly readers.

Contributors

YOU’VE BEEN HACKED • We’re only beginning to understand how our democracy was rigged—and what we can do about it.

OUT OF THE BLUE • This year, a surge of Democratic candidates is challenging Republicans in places—and races—where progressives usually fear to tread.

A REMOTE CHANCE • As more immigration hearings are held via teleconference, thousands of detainees never get their day in court.

GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR PER DIEM • The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is shaping up as a boom time for the private prison industry.

GEORGIA ON HER MIND • Stacey Abrams wants to be America’s first black woman governor. First, she has to build a delicate coalition.

MOVING VIOLATIONS • How does Chicago make more than $200 million a year on traffic and parking tickets? By bankrupting thousands of drivers.

CLOAK AND DATA • Inside the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica

QUID PRO MERCER • How the megadonors have leveraged their political spending into profits for their data firm

WEAPONS OF MASS DISRUPTION • When it comes to Russian cyberattacks, we’ve seen nothing yet.

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE FOR THE NRA • Are Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina just a couple of Russian activists who love guns and Donald Trump—or something shadier?

MAKING CONTACT

HIDDEN FIGURES • The 2020 census will shape the future of our democracy. The Trump administration is working to make that future whiter and more conservative.

RACE TO THE BOTTOM • The census has never been a perfect enumeration of the US population, but it has disproportionately undercounted minority groups, including African Americans and Hispanics (a category that was not included as an option on the census before 1980).

DOWN FOR THE COUNT • Security experts warn that an online census will leave us more vulnerable than ever.

BOTTLED UP • DRINKING MAY HAVE GIVEN ME CANCER. THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY WORKED HARD TO DOWNPLAY THE RISK.

THE BEST VIRAL NEWS YOU’LL EVER READ • Antibiotic resistance is one of the scariest threats today—but a forgotten remedy may save us yet.

The Resistance • Phages are viruses capable of infiltrating and exploding bacterial cells that can cause dangerous infection.

HOLDING COURT • The return of the political athlete

THE GHOST WRITER • Tracy K. Smith stirs up America’s demons, if only to bring us a little peace.

NATIVE SON • Novelist Tommy Orange highlights a group of urbanites we seldom hear about.

LOVE, CONTRACTUALLY • How to protect an unconventional family in the age of Trump

OATS AND DREAMS • How a milk trend could stoke an agricultural revolution


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