Mother Jones Magazine - July/August 2021

In this issue

In “Facing Down Jim Crow, Again,” Ari Berman writes about the 1866 election in Georgia, where 33 Black lawmakers won state offices only to be expelled by the white-dominated legislature. In Georgia today, another generation of Black lawmakers is battling that familiar enemy. Rebecca Leber warns in “Gaslit” that the fossil fuel industry has worked hard to get Americans to love their gas stoves. Desperate to reopen and loaded with stimulus cash, schools are spending millions on high-tech air purifiers, but Madison Pauly in “Caution to the Wind” says they may not be safe. And Tim Murphy profiles Kyrsten Sinema, the former Green Party rabble-rouser, in “Shape Shifter” as she rises to become a Senate power broker. It’s a political fairy tale, or nightmare.

Children Of Pod Mr. Troll Goes To Washington

How Congress became a gop hype house

10+ mins

Geared Up Los Deliveristas

After work conditions deteriorated, New York’s immigrant bicycle couriers united to bring a revolution to the gig economy.

5 mins

Transitioning 2.0

Community support has always helped trans people become themselves. Now, Big Tech thinks it can too.

7 mins

Caution To The Wind

Desperate to reopen and loaded with stimulus cash, schools are spending millions on high-tech air purifiers. But are they safe?

10+ mins

Who Really Gets Rich From Robinhood

The app makes millions funneling inexperienced investors to Wall Street traders. Did Alex Kearns pay with his life?

10+ mins

FACING DOWN JIM CROW. AGAIN.

ANOTHER GENERATION OF BLACK LAWMAKERS IS BATTLING A FAMILIAR ENEMY.

10+ mins

Gaslit

How the Fossil Fuel Industry convinced americans to love their toxic stoves

10+ mins

Kyrsten Sinema – Shape Shifter

From Green Party rabble-rouser to Senate power broker, Kyrsten Sinema’s rise is a political fairy tale—and nightmare.

10+ mins

Still Fronting

How the George Floyd uprising was framed

6 mins

A Ride, Not A Privilege

The essential workers’ case for funding public transit

4 mins

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