Mother Jones

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.

Contributions

The Legal War Against Mother Jones • Journalists shouldn’t hide behind a veil of false objectivity.

Supremacy and Sedition • There’s a reason the Capitol rioters have dodged the charge: race.

Well Wishes • How thirsty cash crops could uproot vulnerable Californians

Had Badge, Will Travel • An ex-sheriff slings bogus constitutional lessons at cops—with your state's seal of approval.

Inside the Oath Keepers

The Big Quit • How workers got fed up and bosses got scared

Sometimes Quitters Win

The Hell Facing Health Care workers

I was an Overworked Nurse

I was an Instacart Shopper

The Service Workers Who Needed More

I was a Comcast Employee

For Women, It’s Not Working

I was a High-Paid Staffer at Amazon

The Rich Get (So, So, So Much) Richer

The Great American “Labor Shortage” Freakout

Better Call Ken • The Texas attorney general provided a radical legal pretext to overturn the election. Now he’s using the same tactics to gut Roe v. Wade.

Coup Crew

The Purity Trap • These women went to Bible college to deepen their faith. Then they were assaulted—and blamed for it.

The Travails of Title IX • For 40-plus years, the law’s strength grew. Then Betsy DeVos showed up.

I Am Not Your Project • I espcaped from the trauma of homelessness, only to battle your debilitating projections of me.

Vanishing Point • More than two centuries ago, a group of West Africans chose death over enslavement in the waters of coastal Georgia. Why do so few traces of their story remain there today?

Passing • Can someone be “White Passing” even if they don’t present as white?

The Long Shot • What if we could make a vaccine for pandemic viruses—before they exist?

Stirring the Pot • The forgotten Chinese chef who transformed the way America cooks