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No Way Out

Some human rights groups now call solitary confinement “torture.” Yet the State of California throws thousands of men into solitary for little more than the books they read and the company they keep.

Shane BauerMother JonesOctober 18, 2012

InvestigationEnvironment, Health

Is New York Drenched in Monsanto’s Roundup?

Despite piles of research suggesting that Roundup is dangerous, the Big Apple douses its parks with the stuff.

Anna LenzerMother JonesSeptember 17, 2012

InvestigationPolitics

Romney Steered a Key Olympic Project to a Friend

Did the insider deal violate Romney’s own Salt Lake ethics rules?

Wayne BarrettMother JonesJuly 27, 2012

InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics

Alabama’s Failed Experiment

What happens when outside agitators work with state politicians to pass the nation’s most draconian anti-immigrant law yet? The Cotton State learned the hard way.

Paul ReyesMother JonesMarch 1, 2012

InvestigationImmigration, Politics

Alabama’s Divisive Immigration Bill

Alabama’s new anti-immigration bill, HB 56, is the most draconian in the nation. And it’s already adversely affecting the local economy.

Paul ReyesMother JonesSeptember 28, 2011

InvestigationEnvironment, World

Indonesia’s Billion-Dollar Climate Experiment

Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests? A close look at a new UN program to reduce deforestation around the globe.

Robert EshelmanMother JonesDecember 6, 2010

InvestigationImmigration, Justice

The policies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, infamous for his zeal against undocumented immigrants, may soon go statewide. The story of one immigrant, who died soon after being deported to Mexico, may serve as a warning sign of the brutality ahead.

Aura BogadoMother JonesJuly 19, 2010

InvestigationEnvironment, Health, World

Sweet and Lowdown

Would you like some deforestation with your organic sugar? Federal organic standards have no problem with that.

Heather RogersMother JonesJune 10, 2010

InvestigationImmigration, Labor

Bound for America

Enticed by unscrupulous recruiters, saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, and working in exploitive, often abusive conditions, guest workers in the United States are legal — but vulnerable to a modern form of indentured servitude.

John BoweMother JonesMay 5, 2010

InvestigationWorld

For Us, Surrender Is Out of the Question

An inside look at Burma’s brutal war on its Karen minority through the eyes of the exile activists who risk their lives to document its worst atrocities.

Mac McClellandMother JonesMarch 10, 2010

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