Our Staff

Monika Bauerlein became Mother Jones’ chief executive officer in 2015 after serving as co-editor (with Clara Jeffery) for nine years. Under her tenure, Mother Jones has grown its audience twentyfold, doubled the size of its staff, established bureaus in Washington and New York, won multiple awards, and launched a campaign to establish a new media business model centered on reader support for investigative and in-depth reporting.

Clara Jeffery is the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, which was named Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors in February 2017. During her tenure, Mother Jones has won other National Magazine Awards, including for general excellence, reporting, and video; redesigned its magazine and website; established bureaus in Washington and New York; and become a social media powerhouse. Clara has edited stories that have been included in pretty much every “Best American” anthology. Along the way, she has also won a PEN award for editing, become a mom, and forgotten what it’s like to sleep. It probably doesn’t help she’s on Twitter so much: @clarajeffery.

Madeleine Buckingham is Mother Jones’ chief financial officer. Previously, she was president and CEO, and she served as chief operating officer prior to that. She has spent more than 20 years in senior finance and management positions in the publishing and tech industries, working for a range of publishing companies and internet startups, including Sony Corp’s internet incubator and International Data Group.

Jahna Berry is Mother Jones’ chief operating officer, based in San Francisco. Before joining Mother Jones, Jahna was head of content operations at Wired, where she played a key role in developing strategies that increased digital subscriptions, and opened Wired’s first permanent retail store. Earlier in her career, Jahna was Mother Jones’ director of product and managed the publication’s award-winning 2016 digital redesign. The project helped Mother Jones win the Magazine of the Year award from the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2017. Jahna has been a writer and editor at several publications, including the San Francisco Business Times, the Arizona Republic, the Contra Costa Times (now called the East Bay Times), and the San Francisco Recorder. Follow her @jahnaberry.

Ari Berman is a senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering voting rights, and a reporting fellow at Type Media Center. He’s the author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America and Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics. He won a 2017 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media. Follow him on Twitter @ariberman.

Ben Breedlove is a web developer at Mother Jones. He is based in Indiana and has strong opinions about apples and tacos. Follow him on Twitter @bdbreedlove.

Ali Breland is a reporter at Mother Jones covering internet disinformation. His writing on technology, race, politics, and other topics has appeared in the Guardian and Vice and on NPR’s and CNN’s websites. Follow him on Twitter @alibreland and email abreland@motherjones.com.

Khary Brown is Mother Jones’ vice president of media sales, overseeing sales across all platforms from our San Francisco office. Khary started with Mother Jones as a publishing intern back in 2004. He has helped transition Mother Jones’ advertising offerings, which were once predominantly print-focused, to a roster driven by digital offerings like MoJo’s website, email lists, and podcasts, along with our award-winning magazine.

Kiera Butler is a senior editor at Mother Jones. She covers health, food, and the environment, and oversees pandemic reporting. Kiera helped launch and co-hosted MoJo’s food politics podcast, Bite, and is the author of the book Raise: What 4-H Teaches 7 Million Kids—and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever (University of California Press).

Angelica Cabral is a reporter from the Bay Area and a Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow. Previously she has worked at the Salinas Californian, a Gannett newspaper. She was a Solutions Journalism Network fellow in 2021, during which she founded What’s Next Magazine, which published stories about alternatives to policing. Currently, she is a Maynard 200 fellow. Email her at acabral@motherjones.com or follow her on Twitter @avcabral97.

Teri Carhart is the director of leadership gifts, based in Mother Jones’ San Francisco office. Previously, Teri fundraised for the University of California, Berkeley, the Internews Network, Audubon California, and Earthjustice. Raising two teenagers keeps her digital-literacy learning curve trending slightly upward.

Russ Choma is a reporter in the Washington, DC, bureau of Mother Jones who covers money in politics and influence. He previously reported for OpenSecrets.org, the Investigative Reporting Workshop, and the New Hampshire Union Leader. You can reach him at rchoma@motherjones.com.

Arianna Coghill is an assistant news and engagement writer at Mother Jones. Previously, she was a reporter for RVA Magazine and Dogwood, with bylines in the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Associated Press. Throughout her writing career, she’s covered police reform, racial justice, reproductive rights, and several other subjects. You can follow her on Twitter @CoghillArianna.

David Corn is Mother Jones’ Washington, DC, bureau chief. Corn, a veteran Washington reporter, has broken stories on presidents, politicians, and other Washington players. He’s written for numerous publications and is a talk-show regular. His best-selling books include Showdown and (with Michael Isikoff) Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War.

Isabela Dias is a reporter at Mother Jones. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Slate, the Nation, Pacific Standard, Texas Observer, and elsewhere. She has a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. Reach her at idias@motherjones.com or on Twitter @isabelaalhadeff.

Dylan DiSalvio is Mother Jones’ technologist, and he lives and works in Portland. Dylan spends most of his time at Mother Jones setting up online website advertising and sending sponsored email messages. In his free time he plays electric and acoustic guitar in blues and country rock bands and has toured nationally with several groups. His favorite color is green, he occasionally enjoys cooking his eggs inside his bread, and he thinks life is too short for all this trouble.

Maggie Duffy is a Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow and a Brooklyn-based writer. She previously worked as an editorial intern at In These Times and a researcher for the American Friends Service Committee. She began reporting at her college newspaper, the Occidental, where she was a Society of Professional Journalists national finalist. Tip her at mduffy@motherjones.com or @maggie___duffy.

Angela Earlye is Mother Jones’ business manager in San Francisco. An East Bay native, she graduated with a BA in communications from Cal State East Bay. Before joining MoJo, she worked as a purchaser for a local ship chandler and has years of experience in accounting offices. Her hobbies are reading, genealogy, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. You can reach her at aearlye@motherjones.com.

Amaya Edwards is Mother Jones’ photo editing intern, based remotely in Richmond, California. She just graduated from the journalism department at San Francisco State University with a concentration in photojournalism and a minor in Race and Resistance Studies. She also just finished working with KQED this spring as a photo intern, shooting various weekly assignments around the Bay Area. Amaya has a particular interest in covering Black culture and environmental justice issues using portraiture and documentary-style photography.

Beth Eisenstaedt is the deputy director of development and is based in the New York office. Before joining Mother Jones, Beth was a key fundraiser for several international NGOs dedicated to alleviating poverty in developing countries and protecting our environmental resources. She also managed exhibitions for a number of New York–based arts organizations.

Marilee Enge is a development officer based in Mother Jones’ San Francisco office. A journalist by affinity and training, she has written for the Anchorage Daily News (where she shared a Pulitzer) and the San Jose Mercury News, among other publications. After escaping the newspaper industry, she joined the nonprofit publishing movement and worked most recently as the development director for Heyday. She lives in an old house in Berkeley, California, with her husband and two daughters. Find her at menge@motherjones.com.

Mark Follman is the national affairs editor at Mother Jones, where he leads investigative projects and edits the gamut of politics and news coverage. Since 2012, his in-depth investigations into mass shootings, child gun deaths, and the economic impact of gun violence have been honored with numerous awards. His reporting and commentary have also been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today and on NPR. Follow him on Twitter @markfollman.

Dan Friedman covers foreign influence and national security in Mother Jones’ DC bureau. Dan previously reported for the New York Daily News, National Journal, and other publications. His work has also appeared in publications including the Atlantic, Fortune, Vice, Yahoo News, and the Hollywood Reporter. He is from Brookline, Massachusetts. Email him at dfriedman@motherjones.com or follow him on Twitter @dfriedman33.

Ian Gordon is Mother Jones’ editorial director for teams and coverage. In addition to working closely with reporters and editors to help surface ideas across beats, he also edits stories of all shapes and sizes for web and print. His reporting from Cuba, Guatemala, Venezuela, and elsewhere has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Wired, and Slate, among others. Follow him on Twitter @id_gordon, and reach him at igordon@motherjones.com.

Mark Helenowski is Mother Jones’ senior digital producer. He’s usually behind a camera, slicing up video, or working on the latest Mother Jones Podcast. Previously, he co-directed the award-winning documentary For Grace on Netflix. He’s @markhelenowski on Twitter and Instagram.

Clint Hendler is a senior editor at Mother Jones. Before rejoining Mother Jones in 2012, Clint was deputy editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, where he covered media law, government transparency, and the political press. (His first stint at MoJo was as an intern and fellow, just out of college.) His writing has been published by the New York Times, the Independent, AlterNet, the Nation, and CNN. He lives in Pittsburgh and swims in its three rivers.

Brian Hiatt is the marketing and membership director, based out of the San Francisco office. He leads Mother Jones’ efforts to earn the support—donations and magazine subscriptions—of online readers. Brian served a brief stint as a fisheries biologist after college before deciding he wanted to swim upstream alongside people, not salmonids. He became an organizer when he saw the internet’s rise lead to new ways nonprofits could engage their supporters (even before Facebook and Twitter!), and he consulted on digital strategy with leading nonprofits for nearly a decade before joining MoJo.

Emily Hofstaedter is a Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow. When she isn’t fact-checking, she’s reporting on a range of subjects, with a keen interest in the intersection of labor and climate. She previously worked as a radio reporter in bush Alaska, where she covered public health, gender violence, and the justice system. Her work can be seen in Alaska Public Media, the Anchorage Daily News, and Indian Country Today. Tip her at ehofstaedter@motherjones.com or @EHofstaedter.

Michael Johnson is a senior designer for Mother Jones. The Texas native previously worked at the Washington Post, Gannett, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and the Herald-Journal in South Carolina. Reach him at mjohnson@motherjones.com.

Marla Jones-Newman, vice president of people and culture, joined Mother Jones in January 2022 and brings a wealth of experience in shaping high-performing cultures, implementing robust professional development programs, and employing best human capital practices to attract and retain talent. Marla is committed to supporting, growing, and advocating for our vital workforce. She can be reached at mjones-newman@motherjones.com.

Young Kim is Mother Jones’ internal systems developer. Young’s manifold Mother Jones responsibilities include translating print content and special projects to the web. His hobbies include 3-D artwork, bad poetry, and maintaining his personal Facebook page, Woland Epiphanius’ Graphical Entity.

Daniel King is Mother Jones’ copy editor. He was previously the copy chief at Gizmodo Media Group and Fusion, and he has edited at the Village Voice, BuzzFeed NewsJazzTimes, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. His writing has also appeared in the New Yorker. Reach him at dking@motherjones.com and @danielkingtime.

Noah Lanard is a reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington, DC, bureau. Before joining Mother Jones, he was an editorial fellow at Washingtonian magazine. While living in Mexico City, his work appeared in the Guardian, Fusion, and Vice. Reach him at nlanard@motherjones.com.

Susanne Larsen is the development researcher for Mother Jones, splitting her time between the San Francisco office and the Oregon Coast. When she’s not working with the MoJo development team, she’s mostly hanging out with dogs. She previously worked with the Santa Fe Opera, George Washington University, and Willamette University. She can be reached at slarsen@motherjones.com.

Melissa Law is the digital marketing fellow at Mother Jones. She recently completed an apprenticeship at COOP Careers and is putting her newly acquired skills to use, working closely with marketing and membership director Brian Hiatt and revenue operations manager Rob Pjetri to expand Mother Jones’ online marketing impact. She loves bunnies and other really cute things.

Hannah Levintova is a reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington, DC, bureau. She writes about politics, gender, and financial policy and inequality. Previously, she worked on the news desk at NPR, at the Washington Monthly, and for a stint as a FOIA officer at a federal agency. You can reach her at hlevintova@motherjones.com and follow her on Twitter @H_Lev.

Pema Levy is a reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington, DC, bureau. She writes about national politics, including stories about voting rights and civil rights. Before joining Mother Jones, she was the Washington correspondent for Newsweek. Got a tip? Reach her at plevy@motherjones.com and follow her on Twitter @pemalevy.

Nina Liss-Schultz is Mother Jones’ senior managing editor. She edits and reports on reproductive health, gender, and sexuality issues from San Francisco. Her work has appeared in Think Progress, Bitch magazine, and elsewhere. You can reach her on Twitter @NinaLisss or by email at nliss-schultz@motherjones.com.

Julia Lurie is a senior reporter at Mother Jones who typically covers public health and the environment. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and Newsweek, among others. You can reach her at jlurie@motherjones.com.

Jamie Maloney is the senior marketing and media sales manager for Mother Jones in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Smith College, and before joining MoJo she worked in nonprofit capacity building and marketing. She has a passion for companies that want to make a difference and a love for thoughtful reporting.

Michael Mechanic is a senior editor at Mother Jones and author of Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All (April 2021, Simon & Schuster). Prior to MoJo, he was longtime managing editor for the weekly East Bay Express and a reporter and editor for other alt-weeklies and magazines, including the late Industry Standard. His writing has also appeared in the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, and Wired. He lives in Oakland with his wife and kids, a cat, a hedgehog, and too many musical instruments to master.

Chére Menard works in the San Francisco office as Mother Jones’ financial analyst. She earned a psychology degree from California State University, Stanislaus, and has had varied work experience from metal fabrication to food safety. She is an animal lover and an enthusiast of the outdoors, and she enjoys travel, food, and all forms of art, music, and culture.

Stephanie Mencimer is a senior reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington bureau. A Utah native and graduate of a crappy public university not worth mentioning, she has spent several years hanging out with angry white people who occasionally don tricorne hats and come to lunch meetings heavily armed.

Samantha Michaels is a criminal justice reporter at Mother Jones. Before coming to San Francisco, she worked as a journalist in Burma and Indonesia. Her writing has been published by the Atlantic, Global Post, and Outside, among others. Got a tip? Reach her at smichaels@motherjones.com, and follow her on Twitter @sjmichaels.

Liliana Miramontes is Mother Jones’s communications and impact coordinator and is based in the Los Angeles area.

Daniel Moattar edits and writes for Mother Jones on money, work, justice, policing, and movement politics. He used to be MoJo’s research editor, managing its fellowships and heading research teams. He has reported for the Guardian, the American Prospect, Vice, and other outlets, and published reviews and essays in Guernica, the Baffler, and the Nation. Contact him at or on Twitter.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen is a reporter at Mother Jones’ San Francisco office. Before coming to Mother Jones, she earned a master’s degree in environmental communication from Stanford University and interned at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she focused on cannabis-related reporting and social media. You can reach Jackie at jmogensen@motherjones.com and follow her on Twitter @jackiefmogensen.

Grace Molteni is Mother Jones’ senior designer. Previously, she designed and illustrated at various marketing and advertising firms in Chicago for what felt like every brand under the sun. Follow her on Instagram for general musings and many #latergrams from her time living in Japan.

Ruth Murai is an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. She previously worked at Jane Doe Films, where she was an associate producer on Allen v. Farrow and On the Record. Email her at rmurai@motherjones.com and follow her on Twitter @ruthcmurai.

Sophie Murguia is the research editor at Mother Jones, overseeing the magazine’s Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program. Previously, she was the culture editor at Outside magazine and the research editor at Pacific Standard. Send her pitches and tips at smurguia@motherjones.com or find her on Twitter @sophiemurguia.

Tim Murphy is a senior reporter in Mother Jones’ New York office. He has covered freight-hopping, coal barons, and sinkholes for the magazine, but his work focuses on national politics. Email him with tips and insights at tmurphy@motherjones.com, or follow him on Twitter @timothypmurphy.

Mark Murrmann is Mother Jones’ photo editor. Mark came to Mother Jones in 2007 with a background as a freelance editorial and documentary photographer. He studied photography at the University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and then in London as a student winner of the Alexia Foundation Photography Grant.

Maddie Oatman is a senior editor and writer at Mother Jones, based in the San Francisco office. She edits features and runs the magazine’s culture and food sections. Her writing has also appeared in Outside, the Rumpus, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing, among others. You can reach her at moatman@motherjones.com.

Inae Oh is the senior news and engagement editor at Mother Jones, where she focuses on breaking news, political blogging, and social media coverage. Prior to Mother Jones, she was the New York editor at Huffington Post. You can reach her at ioh@motherjones.com.

Brenden O’Hanlon is Mother Jones’ director of sales, eastern region. He joined Mother Jones in 2010 and works out of New York City. When he’s not helping out clients with their digital and print ad campaigns, he’s usually trying to find time to ski or surf.

Madison Pauly is a reporter in Mother Jones’ San Francisco office, covering sexual violence, criminal justice, and gender. Follow her @msjpauly on Twitter or email her at mpauly@motherjones.com.

Tom Philpott is Mother Jones’ food and agriculture correspondent and is a co-host of MoJo’s Bite podcast. Tom’s writing on food politics has appeared in numerous publications. He is currently based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2015, he won a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, in the feature category, for the story “California Goes Nuts,” along with photographer Matt Black. In 2014, Philpott’s Mother Jones blog, Food for Thought, was named “best food blog” by the Association of Food Journalists. He has twice been a finalist for a James Beard journalism award. In addition to writing, Tom is the co-founder of a small organic farm in North Carolina.

Rob Pjetri is Mother Jones’ revenue operations manager. He most recently worked at Amazon, focusing on display advertising and marketing, and he’s deeply curious about how media shapes our lives and culture. Born and raised in New York, Rob is an incessant learner and a documentary geek. He loves diving into a wide variety of topics and will always pluck a guitar in his free time.

Michelle Reyes is the controller at Mother Jones and is based in San Francisco. Prior to guiding the accounting team, she worked at the for-profit tech media corporation International Data Group. As an almost native San Franciscan, Michelle enjoys exploring the wide variety of activities offered in the Bay Area, including hiking, listening to music, finding good eats, and planning bigger trips. You can reach her at mreyes@motherjones.com.

Cathy Rodgers is Mother Jones’ business operations specialist. Cathy joined Mother Jones in 2006 and has worked in several departments. In 2015, she moved to ad operations. She is the mother of two sons and attended Alameda and Laney College with a concentration in business financial accounting. She lives in Hercules, California.

Jacob Rosenberg is an associate editor at Mother Jones. Previously, he was an associate editor at the Arkansas Times, an alt-weekly in Little Rock. He’s written for the Oxford American, the Guardian, and Aquarium Drunkard, among others. You can reach him at jrosenberg@motherjones.com.

Daniel Schulman is Mother Jones’ deputy Washington, DC, bureau chief. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Sons of Wichita (Grand Central Publishing), a biography of the Koch brothers. His new book, to be published by Knopf, chronicles the lives and legacies of a group of turn-of-the-century Wall Street titans who influenced the course of history and the rise of modern finance. Reach him at dschulman@motherjones.com or follow him on Twitter @danielschulman.

Jeremy Schulman is Mother Jones’ senior news editor. He is based in Washington, DC, and he previously oversaw Climate Desk, a collaboration of outlets covering climate change. His work has appeared in Slate, Wired, Newsweek, High Country News, and the New Republic. Reach him at jschulman@motherjones.com or on Twitter @jeremyschulman.

Dru Sefton is the office manager for all Mother Jones’ bureaus, based in San Francisco. She has a long reporting career in daily newsrooms, including the Kansas City Star, where she scored the first interview with President Clinton’s personal secretary Betty Currie, and USA Today, where she uncovered nationwide thefts of Baby Jesus statues from nativity scenes. Most recently she reported on public TV for Current, the national trade publication for public broadcasting.

Sydney Sims is Mother Jones’ development associate, based in the San Francisco office. Before joining MoJo, she studied human-environment interactions and ecology at Dartmouth College as an environmental studies major, and interned for the Public Interest Network graphics team. She can be reached at ssims@motherjones.com.

Marianne Szegedy-Maszak is the Washington editorial operations director in the Washington, DC, bureau of Mother Jones. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, the Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, and Newsweek, among others. Formerly, she was a senior writer covering science and health at US News and World Report, a reporter for the New York Post, and an editor at Congressional Quarterly. She was also a professor of journalism at American University. She is on the board of the Center for Public Integrity and is the author of I Kiss Your Hands Many Times: Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary. Reach her at mszegedy@motherjones.com.

Sam Van Pykeren is an assistant digital producer. He’s a California native and Chicago-educated lad. He was formerly a freelance content creator, specializing in video, until Mother Jones swooped in and became his first post-grad gig. He covers pop culture and LGBTQ+ issues, and he’s the Mother Jones Instagram guru. He’s also the father of an orange tabby cat who has separation anxiety. Follow Sam on Instagram and Twitter for more musings.

Abby Vesoulis is a reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington bureau covering national politics. Before joining Mother Jones, she was a staff writer at TIME Magazine, where she reported on Congress and economic policy. As an Ohio-expat, Abby loves Ohio State football and Cincinnati-style chili. As a journalist, she loves writing about how the political decisions made in stuffy Senate basement hallways and beleaguered bureaucratic agencies affect you. Send her tips at avesoulis@motherjones.com and find her on Twitter @abbyvesoulis.

Adam Vieyra got obsessed with music magazines as an art student in the early aughts, which led him to pursue a glamorous career laying out the classified section at San Diego CityBeat. One thing led to another, and now he’s Mother Jones’ creative director. Reach him at avieyra@motherjones.com.

Abigail Weinberg is an assistant news and engagement writer at Mother Jones. She previously wrote for amNewYork and her college newspaper, NYU’s Washington Square News. Email her at aweinberg@motherjones.com and find her on Twitter @abigailweinberg.

James West is Mother Jones’ deputy editor in New York. Check out his six-part video series for our National Magazine Award–winning private prison exposé (and don’t miss the bit where he gets arrested). Find him on Twitter and Instagram.

Eamon Whalen is a reporter from Minneapolis and a Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow at Mother Jones. He has written on culture and politics for the Nation, the Fader, the Outline, Belt Magazine, the Minnesota Reformer, City Pages, and the National Observer of Canada. In 2019, Eamon was a recipient of the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s 11th Hour Food and Farming Fellowship. Reach him at ewhalen@motherjones.com and follow him on Twitter @EamonWhalen.

Sean Wherley is Mother Jones’ director of communications and impact, based in Los Angeles. He is responsible for raising the visibility and influence of Mother Jones’ insightful stories and extraordinary reporters through outside media coverage, speaking appearances, events and awards, and outreach to elected officials and organizations. Before joining MoJo, Sean worked for a public relations firm; labor union; nonprofit organizations focused on affordable housing, LGBTQ rights, and the environment; and a US senator, a US representative, and a California state senator. You can reach Sean at swherley@motherjones.com or on Twitter @SeanWherley.

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Robert Wise is the online technology director, working from Mother Jones’ San Francisco office. Robert has been with Mother Jones since the web was a much, much simpler place. Outside the office, Robert is an active volunteer in college radio and a fan of live music. Reach him at rwise@motherjones.com.

Lynnea Wool is the senior staff accountant at Mother Jones and is in San Francisco. Prior to crunching numbers for the magazine, she worked at various accounting firms in the Bay Area. In her spare time she enjoys discovering new restaurants, taking scenic motorcycle rides, and most of all spending time with friends and family.

 

Emma Rindlisbacher covers finance and politics as an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Her work has also appeared in the Verge, the Daily Beast, and OneZero. Reach her at erindlisbacher@motherjones.com or on Twitter @brokenimageheap.

 

Ruqaiyah Zarook is a Ben Bagdikian editorial fellow at Mother Jones, currently based in Washington, DC. She was previously a staff writer for Washington Square News and a writing fellow for the Nation. Her writing can be found in Current Affairs, the Nation, Dissent, and the Appeal. Reach her by email at rzarook@motherjones.com or @rukizarook on Twitter.

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