Mother Jones - March/April 2023

In this issue

Reporter Ali Breland reveals how live streamer Nick Fuentes and his white nationalist broadcasts summoned a new generation of GOP hate. Plus, an editor of Right Wing Watch on how Fuentes courts young men who describe themselves as incels. Also, take a harrowing look at the trolls who hounded people to kill themselves, as they created the online culture we have today. Julia Lurie tells us about a Native woman who fought for years to gain custody of her granddaughter. Now her case is before the Supreme Court—and could have consequences well beyond child welfare. And, the untold story of the private equity investors behind the abortion pill—and their escalating legal battle to cash in post-Dobbs.

OUTGUNNED

Kevin McCarthy holds the gavel. Insurrectionists will run the House.

7 mins

THE PRISON PROFESSOR

Leo Hylton is on a mission to teach away incarceration, one Zoom at a time.

6 mins

THE CLOSER

Can red-state voters be persuaded to protect abortion? This organizer has done it twice.

6 mins

STREAM OF NOXIOUSNESS

How Nick Fuentes' white nationalist broadcasts summoned a new generation of GOP hate

10+ mins

Never Been Kissed

Meet the incel Fuentes fans who love him for hating women.

6 mins

THE WEBSITE FROM HELL

> THE TROLLS > WHO HOUNDED PEOPLE TO KILL > > THEMSELVES > CREATED THE > ONLINE CULTURE > WE HAVE TODAY.

10+ mins

Forever Home

A Native woman fought for years to gain custody of her granddaughter. Now the case is before the Supreme Court and could have consequences far beyond child welfare.

10+ mins

The Abortion Pill's Secret Money Men

The untold story of the private equity investors behind Mifeprex-and their escalating legal battle to cash in post-Dobbs

10+ mins

LIGHTS, CAMERA, PROPAGANDA

How right-wing provocateurs like Candace Owens weaponizing documentary filmmaking

9 mins

DOCTOR'S ORDERS

Would patients be safer if we let medical residents rest?

4 mins

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