Mother Jones - September/October 2023

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Dating apps promise romance. But they can deliver con artists, rapists, and murderers, writes Abby Vesoulis. In other stories, Noah Lanard reports on how radicals took over the Michigan GOP—but, even still, they can’t stop losing. Also, Connecticut ended fees for prison phone calls. Will the rest of the country follow suit? Plus, we share a first-person account of one author’s battle against right-wing censorship. And, we examine why the most vital doctors earn the least money.

A Pennsylvania Prophet

Meet the Christian nationalists who want to assert dominion-starting with the Keystone State.

7 mins

MEDICAL RESTRAINTS

How health care companies use debt to trap nurses on the job

6 mins

VAPOR TRAIL

After a cannabis product turned up at my kid's school, I rode into the Wild West of unregulated pot.

6 mins

"Absolutely Do Not Send Them There"

Foster kids have few advocates and little agency. That makes them the perfect cash cow for the country's biggest psychiatric hospital chain.

10+ mins

"I'm Not Turming the Other Cheek Any More"

Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can't stop losing.

10+ mins

To Match a Predator

Dating apps promise to hook you up with romance. But they can deliver con artists, rapists, and murderers.

10+ mins

FREEDOM READERS

Authors of banned books-like me-are battling right-wing censorship daily. But we can't do it alone.

9 mins

RICH DOC, POOR DOC

Why do the most important kinds of doctors earn the least money?

5 mins

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