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MOTHER JONES NEEDS YOUR HELP

Our fiscal year ends today, and we still need upwards of $60,000 in online donations to finish our budget at break-even, or as close as we possibly can. We’ve already cut $1 million in costs. We can't afford to come up short. And there’s more about why this is so urgent here, or in this primer about our nonprofit journalism and finances. Straight up: We can get there, but it's going to take more people who care enough about our journalism to be reading this blurb to pitch in and support it than normal. Please help if you can.

Mother Jones needs your help. Our fiscal year ends today, and we still need $60,000 in online donations to get to break-even, or a lot closer. We’ve already cut $1 million in costs. We can't afford to come up short. Learn more about why this is so urgent in “News Never Pays,” or about our finances and nonprofit operation here, and please support the journalism you get from us if you can right now. We need more help than normal.

Anna Merlan

Anna Merlan is a senior reporter at Mother Jones covering disinformation, technology, and extremism. She was previously a senior reporter at Vice and Gizmodo Media Group, and was on staff at the Village Voice and the Dallas Observer. Over her career, she's frequently covered conspiracy theories, actual conspiracies, sexual violence, scams, cults, crime, politics, and new religious movements. She's the author of the 2019 book Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power. Reach her at amerlan@motherjones.com or on Twitter/X @annamerlan; to reach her more securely, use a nonwork email or device to request her Signal number.