How glyphosate got its groove back: Scientists are wary of Roundup. MAHA hates it. But it's now being sprayed all over state and national forests, our investigation reveals www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“You are taught from childhood that there is one way to go to heaven, and that way is to perform as a wife and a mother.”

She's Been a Trad, Trad Girl: The alternative headline for my interview with @caroclaireburke.bsky.social on her thrilling new novel "Yesteryear"—which sends an influencer back into the 1800s, and is loads of fun. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

Workers in Colorado have effectively shut down the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley with the largest strike in decades. As usual, @genoways.bsky.social is on the scene and wrote a deft dispatch @thefern.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Vincenzo Latronico's slim and unsettling "Perfection" was the top 2025 novel I managed to read this year. Check out why and read my colleagues' top picks www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...

“We were afraid, because what we are feeling these days is Immigration is everywhere.” Veteran criminal justice reporter @samanthamichaels.bsky.social on the effects of the shocking and fearful police presence in Memphis www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

DOGE cuts/Trump's policies have come as an assault on farmers—especially small farmers. “It would seem like they’re trying to create fewer farms.” Our partner piece with @thefern.org delves into what it could mean for rural communities as we know them. www.motherjones.com/food/2025/05...

On Earth Day, don't miss @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social 's story about a rare salamander at threat of extinction from climate chaos, sprawl, and Trump—and the passionate biologists determined not to let us turn our backs on it www.motherjones.com/environment/...

@MotherJones is hiring our next class of Editorial Fellows! Learn about investigative reporting by fact-checking for our most ambitious and impactful reporting, with guidance from crack editors/reporters and the amazing @ruthcmurai motherjones.com/careers/fellowships/

After seeking asylum in US and being recruited by the world's largest meatpacker, Haitian workers faced squalid living conditions, backbreaking line speeds, and injuries like "claw hand." Now Trump wants to deport them. Our investigation with @thefern.org www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03...

Mi colega @melvisacosta.bsky.social explica la "Habla Inglés" orden de Trump—en español www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4C...

Trump's mantra: *They* ruined America; *we* have to take it back. The “theys”, of course, are immigrants, whistleblowers, trans people, journalists, Democrats, civil servants. Hear how they are fighting back, in their own words, in our new cover package www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“I was hoping America to be better than back home,” says Haitian immigrant Tchelly Moise. “Someone needs to be held accountable for this, because this is not okay anywhere.” This week's @reveal, a collab w/ @FERNnews, meatpacking workers speak out www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“How can you so fully misunderstand basic human biology and then legislate about it?” @msjpauly.bsky.social talks to biological anthropologist @kateclancy.bsky.social about Trump's insane definitions of "male" and "female" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

In one of the most powerful essays we've run in recent months, @eminietfeld makes a brave, incisive case for rethinking the popularity of "The Body Keeps the Score" www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

“Trump has basically said he is waging war on science and scientists," as a source told @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social Plenty of them are now anxious about their jobs and their research; here's what several had to say www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Stop everything you're doing and read this @julialurie.bsky.social story on adoptions right now. And next time you hear someone talk about "making adoptions easier," remember this is what that can look like. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Mining the critical metals that we need for everything from EV batteries to solar panels and wind turbines is a dirty, dangerous business. What are the alternatives? @VinceBeiser explores www.motherjones.com/environment/...