The Best of Mother Jones
10+ most popular Mother Jones articles, as voted by our community.
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The website that wants you to kill yourself—and won't die
How the trolls on Kiwi Farms hounded people to commit suicide and created the online culture we have today.
Mother Jones on Education
These Doctors Wanted to Get Schools Back to Normal. Their Botched Effort May Backfire.
The first rule of science: Check your facts before publishing.
A preschool on wheels drives opportunity to immigrant families in Colorado
Inside, day after day, small wonders are unfolding.
Mother Jones on Equity
Mother Jones on Housing
Are we even talking about the same “housing crisis”?
There's a know-it-when-you-see-it quality to the term. Maybe that's a problem.
«By deeming something a “crisis,” Taylor argues, we imply that it’s an extraordinary occurrence that can be alleviated through private-sector reforms»
Mother Jones on Immigration
Leaked Emails Show Stephen Miller’s Unfiltered Anti-Immigrant Views
Miller promoted white nationalists, cited a racist novel, and praised a eugenicist president.
Inside the Courtroom Where Every Asylum Seeker Gets Rejected
Over eight years, America's harshest immigration judge denied more than 200 claims in a row.
Mother Jones on Peter Thiel
Blake Masters is Peter Thiel's dream candidate—and a total nightmare for democracy
The right-wing tech giant, who has said he believes freedom and democracy are incompatible, has poured millions into his protégé's Senate campaign.
Mother Jones on Robotics
You will lose your job to a robot—and sooner than you think
Automation helped bring on the age of Trump. What will AI bring?
Mother Jones on Soccer
How the story of soccer became the story of everything
Oligarchs, private-equity moguls, and petro states took over the sport—and the world.
Mother Jones on Society
What the Lesbian Best Friend trope leaves out
Why are queer women characters so often stuck as the sidekick?
Mother Jones on Vegan
Burger King's "Impossible Whopper" faces an uphill battle.
Will fast-food diners pay an extra buck for Silicon Valley soy patties?
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Stop calling all Indian food "curry"
American ignorance about the cuisine is flattening and hurtful.
How private equity gobbled up the US economy—and ruined life for everyone else
Billionaires are looting the country, leaving everyday Americans to clean up the mess—and fight for the scraps.
A plane of monkeys, a pandemic, and a botched deal: inside the science crisis you’ve never heard…
Experts say there’s a dire shortage of primates for biomedical research—and it’s putting human lives at risk.
Billionaire private equity honcho Leon Black was on top of the world. Until he wasn’t.
Apollo, meanwhile, has chugged along without him.
How private equity looted America
Inside the industry that has ransacked the US economy—and upended the lives of working people everywhere.
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