Meet The White Nationalist Trying To Ride The Trump Train To Lasting Power

Alt-right founder Richard Spencer aims to make racism cool again.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct 27, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5,219 words)

I Went Undercover With a Border Militia. Here’s What I Saw.

Bauer goes on a border operation with a paramilitary group to get a firsthand look at the growing militia movement in the U.S.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct 25, 2016
Length: 58 minutes (14,654 words)

My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard

Bauer goes undercover as a private prison guard to investigate the inner workings of a for-profit prison in Winnfield, Louisiana run by the Corrections Corporation of America. He witnesses multiple stabbings, prisoners denied adequate care, and becomes unsettled by the way the job changes his behavior.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Jun 23, 2016
Length: 145 minutes (36,384 words)

Fully Loaded: Inside the shadowy world of America’s 10 biggest gunmakers

Who built, and who still funds, the biggest gunmakers in America.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Jun 15, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,989 words)

Room for Improvement: The Shockingly Simple, Cost-Effective Way to End Homelessness

Utah found a budget-friendly, effective way to reduce homelessness: build housing and give it to homeless people, no strings attached.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Mar 31, 2016
Length: 24 minutes (6,226 words)

Car Trouble

Subprime car loans are rife with predatory lending and insane interests, but today’s market exceeds $100 billion a year.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Apr 4, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,795 words)

No Parking Here

Clive Thompson investigates how the rise of autonomous cars, and Americans’ desire to live in more walkable cities, will mean no longer having to set aside vast amounts of land for parking lots.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Jan 20, 2016
Length: 19 minutes (4,773 words)

My Right to Die

More Americans are supporting the right of the terminally ill to end their own lives on their own terms, and more states are considering legalizing physician-assisted suicide. For Kevin Drum, this is personal.

Author: Kevin Drum
Source: Mother Jones
Published: Jan 11, 2016
Length: 17 minutes (4,346 words)

We’ve Spent Billions to Fix Our Medical Records, and They’re Still a Mess

The government has forked over $28 billion to doctors and hospitals to digitize medical records. So why isn’t the system working?

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct 28, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,420 words)

Inside the Race to Stop the Next Mass Shooter

Mass murder is not an impulsive crime—so can threat assessment teams prevent it from happening?

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct 5, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,481 words)