I think Mother Jones is the best magazine in America.
You should all be reading it, and those of you who can should be subscribing or donating money to them.
They do good things.
They do things that the MSM ought to do.
and more of what they do is below the fold
[Update [2010-1-4 6:44:58 by plf515]:] Rec list! Cool! Unfortunately, I have to head to work. Will check back in 90 minutes or so.
Here are some FAQ about Mother Jones, from their FAQ
Mother Jones was a person, a radical reformer who was called "the most dangerous woman in America". More on Mother Jones from wikipedia. Her real name was Mary Harris Jones, she lived from 1837-1930, and she founded the Industrial Workers of the World and played a vital role in unionizing coal miners and stopping child labor. You can also read more about her here
Mother Jones is also a magazine, founded in 1974, run as a nonprofit, and dependent on donations. It won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Michael Moore is a former editor. There's lots more info and at this one
Month after month, Mother Jones is full of articles that get to the real truth of the news and the times. Debunking conservative nonsense, exposing corporate wrongdoing, holding politicians to a high standard. It's also full of good writing, some humor, and some interesting ads.
What sort of writing?
Let's look at the current issue:
The main topic this month is titled Too Big to Jail. Bingo. Corporate crime. A lot of them get away with it. The articles in that section include:
Moral bankruptcy.
Thank you sir, may we have another? which is about why we aren't mad at bankers
Always be foreclosing
Capital city (subtitle: It's hard to kick the finance lobby off the team when they own the place)
Faces of Greed (about the people in the Madoff gang who are still free and still rich)
But it's not all grim. They always leaven things with some good news, like a story about how prison inmates are helping tame horses, while the horses tame the men. Or another about prisoners helping tend prairie wildflowers
Then, they expose Ross Douthat as a real right wing nut.
Plus more.
One article from a while back that I already wrote about exposed a school in Massachusetts that tortures children, and it's legal (though it shouldn't be). That article is here http://www.associatedcontent.com/...