Mother Jones - March/April 2020

In this issue

Is time up for Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s chief defenders? In our cover story, “Southern Strategy,” Kara Voght profiles Jaime Harrison, the Democratic Party operative and challenger to Graham. And as the #MeToo movement spreads, more men accused of sexual misconduct are suing their alleged victims for defamation. In “She Said, He Sued,” Madison Pauly reports on the ramifications that go well beyond the courtroom. The stunning photography by Danny Wilcox Frazier in “The Black Hills Are Not for Sale” captures the mood of Delilah Friedler’s reporting on the centuries-long struggle by the Lakota people to reclaim stewardship of their historic lands. From the 1868 treaty through the discovery of gold, the incident at Wounded Knee almost 50 years ago, and the recent demonstrations at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline, a new battle has emerged to protect their sacred sites from uranium mining.

The Man Who Would Beat King

Can a Big Ag–bashing minor league baseball player take down Congress’ most ardent white nationalist? Not if Republicans get him first.

8 mins

THE MUCKRAKERS

How a bunch of gutsy Ukrainian journalists helped light the fuse that led to Trump’s impeachment

6 mins

Call of Duty

Meet the streamer who fights the online right while speaking the language of gamergate.

10+ mins

She Said He Sued

As MeToo spreads, more men are suing their accusers.

10+ mins

'The Black Hills are Not for Sale'

The Lakota are fighting to protect their most sacred sites from mining—again.

10+ mins

SOUTHERN STRATEGY

Jaime Harrison is running to unseat Lindsey Graham. Does he have the blueprint to flip the Senate?

10+ mins

Of Two Minds

By insisting that boys' and girls' brains are wired differently, proponents of single-sex education are selling all kids short.

10+ mins

GHOST STORIES

Hooking up while trans at the latest frontier of misogyny

10 mins

Wiped Out

The hunt for a missing bacterium that might cure our modern ailments

4 mins

FIELD OF SCHEMES

Are foreign fraudsters undermining American organic meat?

3 mins

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