¶ Mother Jones
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Mother Jones is an American magazine based in San Francisco, California. It is published by the Foundation for National Progress.[1] The magazine is named after Mary Harris Jones, a labour union activist and socialist.[2]
¶ History
In early 1974, several journalists including Adam Hochschild gathered in the home of Paul Jacobs to begin planning what would become Mother Jones.[3]
In 1975, Bill Dodd and Richard Parker met and co-founded Mother Jones alongside several colleagues.[4][5] The first issue of the magazine was published in 1976.[6]
In December 2023, Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting announced that the two entities would merge.[7]
¶ Organization
Mother Jones has been a project partner of The Marshall Project.[8]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Dodd | Co-founder | Dodd Smith Dann Layher, Parker-Dodd, Craver, Mathews, Smith & Company |
| Adam Hochschild | Co-founder | - |
| Richard Parker | Co-founder | - |
| David Corn | Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief | - |
¶ Funding
Donors to Mother Jones include:[9]
- Androcles Foundation
- Around Foundation
- Baskin Family Foundation
- Broad Reach Fund
- California Wellness Foundation
- Chicago Community Foundation
- Craig Newmark Philanthropies
- Eisner Foundation
- Emerson Collective
- Foundation for the Carolinas
- Holdfast Collective
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Kadima Foundation
- Libra Foundation
- Marisla Foundation
- McKnight Foundation
- McNabb Foundation
- Patagonia
- Propel Capital
Further donations are reflected on the page for the Foundation for National Progress.
¶ Publications
- May 12, 2020: "Anti-Vaxxers Have a Dangerous Theory Called “Natural Immunity.” Now It’s Going Mainstream" by Kiera Butler
- March 7, 2023: "The Company Offering Free Health Care to East Palestine? It’s a Right-Wing, Anti-Vax Project." by Kiera Butler
- Article about The Wellness Company
- February 8, 2024: "RFK Jr. Is Planning to Speak at a Conference Featuring a Guy Who Talks About Jews Controlling the World" by Kiera Butler
- Article about RePlatform
- February 20, 2024: "RFK Jr. Super-PAC Puts Promoters of Conspiracy Theories on the Payroll" by David Corn
- Article about American Values 2024
¶ External links
¶ Further reading
- January 11, 2024: "Who’s Behind 'Mother Jones'?" by Liam Sturgess, published by The Kennedy Beacon
Foundation for National Progress. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230322035132/https://www.macfound.org/grantee/foundation-for-national-progress-12627/ ↩︎
“Mother” Mary Harris Jones. (2011, December 31). Women in History; Lakewood Public Library. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812031336/http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/jone-mar.htm ↩︎
Hochschild, A. (2001, May). The First 25 Years. Mother Jones. http://archive.today/2024.01.03-000049/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/05/first-25-years/ ↩︎
Massari, P. (2002, June 6). Mother Jones founder finishes his “to-do” list. Harvard Gazette. https://web.archive.org/web/20240102233946/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/06/mother-jones-founder-finishes-his-to-do-list/ ↩︎
Parker, R. (2017, July 31). The battles of Bill Dodd. Mother Jones. https://web.archive.org/web/20240102234337/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/07/the-battles-of-bill-dodd/ ↩︎
Foster, D. (1992, December 1). Editor’s Note. Mother Jones Magazine, 17(6), 2. Google Books. https://books.google.ca/books?id=O-cDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=1976&f=false ↩︎
Falk, T. (2023, December 18). Center for Investigative Reporting will dissolve in merger with “Mother Jones.” Current. https://web.archive.org/web/20231219185951/https://current.org/2023/12/center-for-investigative-reporting-will-dissolve-in-merger-with-mother-jones/ ↩︎
2016-2017 Annual Report. The Marshall Fund. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230131055327/https://s3.amazonaws.com/tmp-uploads-2/reports/2016-2017-Annual-Report.pdf ↩︎
Thank You to Our Supporters. Mother Jones. Retrieved December 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231220185228/https://www.motherjones.com/support/donors/ ↩︎