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The Mar/Apr 2019 cover story “With Friends Like These…” by Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein, compares what the company says it does connecting people around the world on its platform and what is actually going on that threatens our democracy. In other stories, Julia Lurie examines the loosely regulated rehab industry that baits recovering drug users into a deadly cycle in “Hooked”. Clive Thompson warns musicians in “We Will Bot You” that artificial intelligence could put a lot of composers out of work—and transform the way we make music. Read stories about livestreaming, blogger Damon Young, the “secret bodega” for abortion pills, the cost of feeding prisoners junk, and more in this issue of Mother Jones. Subscribe today.

Team Of Virals

A new breed of Democrats is giving fans an all-access backstage pass to the political sausage-making. Is this transparency, or TMI?

7 mins

The Secret Bodega For Abortion Pills

What happened when one woman tried to make safe and cheap abortion pills available through the mail.

6 mins

Local Jails Go Full

Want to know how your local jail operates? Sorry, that may be a trade secret.

5 mins

How Facebook Screwed Us All

Facebook talks a good game about connecting us, but it’s really tearing us—and our democracy—apart.

10+ mins

Life After Life

Thousands were locked up for crimes they committed as teens. The Supreme Court has given them a chance at freedom. Now comes the hard part.

10+ mins

Artificial Intelligence Transform The Way We Make Music

Artificial Intelligence could put a bunch of composers out of work—and transform the way we make music.

10+ mins

Get In Line. Follow The Rules. Go To Jail.

A Haitian asylum-seeker’s nightmare journey shows the extreme human toll of Trump’s immigration regime.

10+ mins

Visible Man

With the success of Very Smart Brothas, blogger Damon Young is ready for his close-up.

8 mins

Bach, Don't Kill My Vibe

Behind the hit podcast that applies classical music theory to hip-hop.

4 mins

My Mammogram Waiting Game

I delayed getting one until I was supposed to. Would it have caught my cancer?

4 mins

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