Maddie Oatman

The 24 best books we read in 2025 New nonfiction and fiction titles we loved, plus some older ones that were just right for the moment.

Vincenzo Latronico's slim and unsettling "Perfection" was the top 2025 novel I managed to read this year. Check out why and read my colleagues' top picks www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...

I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. “It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."

“We were afraid, because what we are feeling these days is Immigration is everywhere.” Veteran criminal justice reporter @samanthamichaels.bsky.social on the effects of the shocking and fearful police presence in Memphis www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s assault on small farmers And what it could mean for rural communities as we know them.

DOGE cuts/Trump's policies have come as an assault on farmers—especially small farmers. “It would seem like they’re trying to create fewer farms.” Our partner piece with @thefern.org delves into what it could mean for rural communities as we know them. www.motherjones.com/food/2025/05...

Legend has it this salamander came from hell. We’re about to send it back. Climate disasters, human sprawl, and now Trump: This is how extinctions happen.

On Earth Day, don't miss @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social 's story about a rare salamander at threat of extinction from climate chaos, sprawl, and Trump—and the passionate biologists determined not to let us turn our backs on it www.motherjones.com/environment/...

The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program

@MotherJones is hiring our next class of Editorial Fellows! Learn about investigative reporting by fact-checking for our most ambitious and impactful reporting, with guidance from crack editors/reporters and the amazing @ruthcmurai motherjones.com/careers/fellowships/

They fled Haiti and work America's most dangerous jobs. Trump plans to deport them. After being recruited by the world's largest meatpacker, they faced grueling conditions on the line. Is the worst yet to come?

After seeking asylum in US and being recruited by the world's largest meatpacker, Haitian workers faced squalid living conditions, backbreaking line speeds, and injuries like "claw hand." Now Trump wants to deport them. Our investigation with @thefern.org www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03...

Trump’s “Speak English” Order Explained—in Spanish YouTube video by Mother Jones

Mi colega @melvisacosta.bsky.social explica la "Habla Inglés" orden de Trump—en español www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4C...

Trump's targets He promised revenge. Here’s who’s first on his list—and how they’re fighting back.

Trump's mantra: *They* ruined America; *we* have to take it back. The “theys”, of course, are immigrants, whistleblowers, trans people, journalists, Democrats, civil servants. Hear how they are fighting back, in their own words, in our new cover package www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This week's episode of Reveal: Immigrants on the line Haitian meatpacking workers are in the crosshairs of Trump's mass deportation agenda.

“I was hoping America to be better than back home,” says Haitian immigrant Tchelly Moise. “Someone needs to be held accountable for this, because this is not okay anywhere.” This week's @reveal, a collab w/ @FERNnews, meatpacking workers speak out www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s definitions of "male" and "female" are nonsense science with staggering ramifications "How can you so fully misunderstand basic human biology and then legislate about it?"

“How can you so fully misunderstand basic human biology and then legislate about it?” @msjpauly.bsky.social talks to biological anthropologist @kateclancy.bsky.social about Trump's insane definitions of "male" and "female" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.

In one of the most powerful essays we've run in recent months, @eminietfeld makes a brave, incisive case for rethinking the popularity of "The Body Keeps the Score" www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

“Waging war on science”: Researchers worry about their jobs under Trump 2.0 "There are a lot of days where I feel very much like just quitting all of this."

“Trump has basically said he is waging war on science and scientists," as a source told @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social Plenty of them are now anxious about their jobs and their research; here's what several had to say www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

She was pregnant and needed cash. Utah's thriving adoption industry was happy to help. "It's like you're…baiting them in," said one adoptive mother.

Stop everything you're doing and read this @julialurie.bsky.social story on adoptions right now.

And next time you hear someone talk about "making adoptions easier," remember this is what that can look like.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A $60 billion-a-year climate solution is sitting in our junk drawers In rich nations, just a fraction of trashed electronics is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.

Mining the critical metals that we need for everything from EV batteries to solar panels and wind turbines is a dirty, dangerous business. What are the alternatives? @VinceBeiser explores
www.motherjones.com/environment/...