Mother Jones InvestigationBusiness Car Trouble A subprime boom, insane interest rates, predatory lending, a private-equity frenzy. Sound familiar? Gary RivlinMother JonesFebruary 25, 2016 InvestigationBusiness, Environment The Truth About Starbucks’ Bottled Water Starbucks says it’s solving the world’s water problems — yet it’s profiting off California’s dwindling reserves. Anna LenzerMother JonesApril 29, 2015 InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Will the EPA Stop BP’s Toxic Legacy? Five years ago, BP dumped nearly 2 million gallons of Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico. Lisa KatzmanMother JonesApril 27, 2015 InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World How 4-H Is Helping Big Ag in Africa 4-H claims its Africa program benefits kids — but is it also creating a market for genetically modified corn? Kiera ButlerMother JonesNovember 22, 2014 InvestigationBusiness Get Out of Jail Fee Lobbyists, guns, and money: inside the shadowy — and very well-connected — bail bonds industry. Shane BauerMother JonesMay 15, 2014 InvestigationBusiness For-Profit Colleges: Screw U? To the booming for-profit college industry, low-income students are a treasure trove of federal subsidies, grants, and high-interest loans — all for degrees that fizzle in the job market. Yasmeen Qureshi, Sarah Gross & Lisa DesaiMother JonesSeptember 1, 2013 InvestigationBusiness, Health Merchants of Meth With big profits on the line, the drug industry is pulling out campaign-style dirty tricks to keep selling the meds that cooks turn into crank. Jonah EngleMother JonesAugust 1, 2013 InvestigationJustice The 10 Worst Prisons in America Prisons are nasty places by design, but these 10 stand out as the most brutal and horrific places to do time. Jean Casella & James RidgewayMother JonesMay 1, 2013 InvestigationWorld Inside Baseball’s Dominican Sweatshop System Teen shortstop Yewri Guillén died the day the Nationals were supposed to ship him to America. Has Major League Baseball learned from the tragedy? Ian GordonMother JonesMarch 4, 2013 InvestigationJustice 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 1 2 3 4 … 6
InvestigationBusiness Car Trouble A subprime boom, insane interest rates, predatory lending, a private-equity frenzy. Sound familiar? Gary RivlinMother JonesFebruary 25, 2016
InvestigationBusiness, Environment The Truth About Starbucks’ Bottled Water Starbucks says it’s solving the world’s water problems — yet it’s profiting off California’s dwindling reserves. Anna LenzerMother JonesApril 29, 2015
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Will the EPA Stop BP’s Toxic Legacy? Five years ago, BP dumped nearly 2 million gallons of Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico. Lisa KatzmanMother JonesApril 27, 2015
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World How 4-H Is Helping Big Ag in Africa 4-H claims its Africa program benefits kids — but is it also creating a market for genetically modified corn? Kiera ButlerMother JonesNovember 22, 2014
InvestigationBusiness Get Out of Jail Fee Lobbyists, guns, and money: inside the shadowy — and very well-connected — bail bonds industry. Shane BauerMother JonesMay 15, 2014
InvestigationBusiness For-Profit Colleges: Screw U? To the booming for-profit college industry, low-income students are a treasure trove of federal subsidies, grants, and high-interest loans — all for degrees that fizzle in the job market. Yasmeen Qureshi, Sarah Gross & Lisa DesaiMother JonesSeptember 1, 2013
InvestigationBusiness, Health Merchants of Meth With big profits on the line, the drug industry is pulling out campaign-style dirty tricks to keep selling the meds that cooks turn into crank. Jonah EngleMother JonesAugust 1, 2013
InvestigationJustice The 10 Worst Prisons in America Prisons are nasty places by design, but these 10 stand out as the most brutal and horrific places to do time. Jean Casella & James RidgewayMother JonesMay 1, 2013
InvestigationWorld Inside Baseball’s Dominican Sweatshop System Teen shortstop Yewri Guillén died the day the Nationals were supposed to ship him to America. Has Major League Baseball learned from the tragedy? Ian GordonMother JonesMarch 4, 2013
InvestigationJustice 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