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.

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Oligarchy of Information • Today’s plutocrats are mining you.

American Oligarchy • The US is finally taking Russia’s oligarchy seriously. It’s time we started paying attention to our own.

Eight Ways to Hide an Asset • How the elite keep their riches out of reach

A Brief History of Superyachts • And how they explain the world.

Hidden Figures • Anonymous shell companies, secret trusts, money-laundering enablers—how the United States welcomed the world’s shady cash.

It’s All About the Benjamins • $100 bills are fueling international crime and corruption. So why are we printing more than ever?

The Big Breakup • The Biden administration wants to take on monopolies. Can Teddy Roosevelt’s tool kit still work?

Gross Income • How America’s tax gap favors the rich

Givers and Takers • Philanthropy in America is broken—and we’re all paying the price.

What Gives? • Since 2010, some 241 of the world’s richest people and couples have committed to giving away at least half of their fortunes. The Giving Pledge starts with a simple premise: Collective giving, in the words of co-founder Bill Gates, can “help the world become a better place.” You be the judge.

$Drll Baby $Drll • “Woke capitalism” has become a right-wing obsession—thanks to Vivek Ramaswamy and some arch-conservative billionaires.

Rich People Problems • The obscenely wealthy ladies of reality TV center what’s really important: dog birthday parties.

How Hollywood Learned to Eat the Rich • Film and television have long been barometers for how Americans feel about wealth.

Texas Hold 'Em • How Elon Musk is transforming the Lone Star State into a company town

Rigged for a King • Donald Trump doesn’t just want to be an oligarch. He wants to rule them.

Merchants of Death • Silicon Valley has a new way to argue that greed is good. And it just might kill us all.

My Own Private Florida • The discreet retreat where the elite meet to beat the heat.

Quit While You’re A Head • Can billionaires disrupt death?