Adam Weinstein

Adam Weinstein

Adam Weinstein was formerly Mother Jones' engagement editor, having previously served the magazine as its national security reporter and copy editor. Before that, he worked at the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice, and the Tallahassee Democrat. He's written for the New York Times, New York magazine, GQ, and Newsweek. A Navy veteran, two-day Jeopardy champion and ex-political scientist, he also did a recession-fueled stint as a military contractor in Iraq. For more about Adam and his writing, click here.

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National Guard Confirms Identity of Alleged Neo-Nazi Soldier
Fri May. 11, 2012 11:13 AM PDT

USS Freedom, Navy's $600M Showcase Ship, Springs Some Leaks
Fri May. 11, 2012 12:05 AM PDT

US Soldier Trained Neo-Nazis in Florida for "Race War"
Wed May. 9, 2012 12:53 PM PDT

Obama Wants to Send Our Guns Overseas
Thu May. 3, 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Slashes Rape Counseling During Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Tue Apr. 24, 2012 9:05 AM PDT

Could a Union Strike Ground the Pentagon's New Jet?
Mon Apr. 23, 2012 1:13 PM PDT

Pentagon Director Had Family Money in Bomb-Detection Boondoggle
Thu Mar. 29, 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Could These Guys Be in Romney's Cabinet?
Sun Mar. 18, 2012 9:14 AM PDT

State Department Fires Iraq Whistleblower
Sat Mar. 17, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Fox Pundit: Women in Military Should "Expect" to Get Raped (Video)
Mon Feb. 13, 2012 10:57 AM PST

Marines Sport Nazi SS Flag in Afghanistan
Thu Feb. 9, 2012 1:37 PM PST

Pentagon to Let Women in Combat, Kinda Sorta
Thu Feb. 9, 2012 10:30 AM PST

The Army's Gold-Plated Guns: $200 Million-Plus
Tue Feb. 7, 2012 4:14 AM PST

Obama's Golden Nuclear Option
Mon Feb. 6, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Allen West to Obama, Reid, and Pelosi: "Get the Hell Out of the United States" (Video)
Mon Jan. 30, 2012 2:14 PM PST

The Air Force's Latest Budget Bungle
Mon Jan. 30, 2012 11:50 AM PST

The Florida Debate: There Is No Spoon
Fri Jan. 27, 2012 11:40 AM PST

Santorum Trashes Public Colleges, Then Stumps at One
Thu Jan. 26, 2012 12:35 PM PST

Obama Defense Plan: Fewer Troops and More Drones
Thu Jan. 26, 2012 9:45 AM PST

Mitt Romney's Florida Foreclosure Flip-Flop
Wed Jan. 25, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Newt's Florida Suicide Strategy
Mon Jan. 23, 2012 4:30 AM PST

Florida GOPers' Plan to Block Out the Sunshine
Sat Jan. 21, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Air Force Wants to Read Your Brain Waves
Thu Jan. 19, 2012 8:39 AM PST

Marines in Video Identified, US Military Investigating (Updated)
Wed Jan. 11, 2012 4:01 PM PST

WATCH: Canada for President! (NSFW)
Wed Jan. 4, 2012 4:30 AM PST

WATCH: Last US Convoy Leaves Iraq
Mon Dec. 19, 2011 4:00 AM PST

GOP Candidates: Bibi First, America Second
Mon Dec. 12, 2011 1:30 PM PST

"The Daily Show" Takes the Piss Out of Rick Scott (Almost)
Wed Dec. 7, 2011 4:20 PM PST

Video: Ron Paul Is Your New Pickup Truck
Tue Dec. 6, 2011 11:17 AM PST

Why "Doomsday" Budget Cuts Could Be Good for US Nukes
Mon Dec. 5, 2011 12:06 PM PST

Bachmann Is Right About That Iran Embassy, Sorta
Thu Dec. 1, 2011 9:14 AM PST

Wall Street Tactics for the Pentagon?
Thu Dec. 1, 2011 4:00 AM PST

GOP Voters: We Trust Newt With Nukes
Fri Nov. 18, 2011 6:12 PM PST

Taxpayers Get Stuck Saving Defense Contractors' Pensions
Wed Nov. 16, 2011 11:11 AM PST

Will Your Block Survive the Nuclear Apocalypse?
Mon Nov. 14, 2011 5:16 AM PST

Report: World May Face New Nuclear Arms Race
Mon Nov. 7, 2011 1:03 PM PST

Vegas Nightclub to Offer Machine Gun Shootin'!
Fri Nov. 4, 2011 8:45 AM PDT

UPDATED: Soldier Arrested for Espionage (Video)
Wed Nov. 2, 2011 8:56 AM PDT

Flier to OWS Protesters: "Defending Against Tear Gas"
Fri Oct. 28, 2011 6:30 AM PDT

How the US Just Did Away With Its Biggest Nuke (Video)
Thu Oct. 27, 2011 3:15 AM PDT

Rick Scott's Pee Test Fails a Court Test
Wed Oct. 26, 2011 6:30 PM PDT

Army Ranger Dies on 14th War Deployment
Tue Oct. 25, 2011 8:00 AM PDT

Obama Announces Iraq Withdrawal—and GOPers Pounce
Fri Oct. 21, 2011 1:19 PM PDT

US Pays 18 Percent of Israel's Military Budget
Tue Oct. 18, 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Quick Quiz: Who Wants to Revive Firing Squads?
Thu Oct. 13, 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Rick Scott to Liberal Arts Majors: Drop Dead
Tue Oct. 11, 2011 7:15 AM PDT

Florida Jobs Plan: Let's Revive Dwarf-Tossing
Thu Oct. 6, 2011 11:51 PM PDT

Sexist Chart of the Day: Demi and Ashton Are Splitsville
Mon Oct. 3, 2011 10:35 AM PDT

A Terror Plot Wile E. Coyote Might Love
Fri Sep. 30, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Florida Lt. Gov.: Jesus Is Under Attack (Video)
Mon Sep. 26, 2011 8:55 AM PDT

Where Are the Women Writers? (ASME Edition)

The cofounder of VIDA's byline inequality survey weighs in on the dude-centric list of 2012 National Magazine Award finalists.

Wed Apr. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Trayvon Martin's Death Extends Sanford's Sordid Legacy

The founder wanted to ship blacks to the Congo. Baseball's Jackie Robinson was run off. Now a slain 17-year-old is the Florida town's latest racial calamity.

Wed Mar. 28, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Trayvon Case Not Exactly Top Priority for Florida's GOP Governor

Between school prayer, drug testing state employees, and fighting Obamacare, Rick Scott has had a few other things going on.

Sat Mar. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Trayvon Shooter's 911 Calls: Potholes, Piles of Trash—and Black Men

EXCLUSIVE: Police call logs show George Zimmerman was a man obsessed with law-and-order minutiae—and black men stalking the neighborhood.

Thu Mar. 22, 2012 9:39 AM PDT

The Trayvon Martin Killing, Explained

The latest on how a teenager armed with Skittles and iced tea got gunned down by an overeager neighborhood watch captain.

Sun Mar. 18, 2012 10:42 AM PDT

"Shadow CIA" Buys Itself a Big-Name Journalist

Disgraced corporate spy shop Stratfor aims to bounce back from its Wikileaks debacle by hiring Robert D. Kaplan.

Fri Mar. 16, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

WikiLeaks Goes Inside Corporate America's Wannabe CIA

What do Coke, Goldman, the Marines, and the Knights of Columbus have in common? They all paid Stratfor to act as their own private intelligence agency.

Mon Feb. 27, 2012 2:42 PM PST

Why Does the Military Love Ron Paul?

Servicemembers are giving way more cash to the anti-war GOP candidate than any other—but not for the reason you might think.

Fri Feb. 24, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Bombs Away

Obama is considering ditching most US nukes. Conservatives say it's "reckless lunacy"—but military strategists think it's smart.

Fri Feb. 17, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Nuclear Weapons on a Highway Near You

Big rigs with bombs are secretly cruising America's interstates. But how safe are they from terrorists or accidents?

Wed Feb. 15, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Exclusive: Marines' Nazi-Flag Whistleblower Comes Forward

An Iraq vet, now a Holocaust expert, explains why he exposed Marines' use of an SS flag.

Sat Feb. 11, 2012 4:29 PM PST

$6 Billion for a Nuke-Building Shed?

American taxpayers are getting fleeced for a New Mexico bomb facility we don't need.

Wed Feb. 8, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Debate Wrap-Up: Newt vs. Mitt, Part 2

Our coverage of Thursday night's gloves-off presidential debate in Jacksonville.

Thu Jan. 26, 2012 5:55 PM PST

Gays "Make God Want to Vomit": Meet Santorum's Honorary Florida Chairman [UPDATED]

Rick Santorum's first stop in the Sunshine State is the church of a gay-bashing, Islamophobic pastor.

Sun Jan. 22, 2012 12:25 AM PST

Obama's Leaner, Meaner Military

The president plans to shrink the Pentagon. But are we just swapping soldiers for drones, contractors, and reserve troops?

Fri Jan. 6, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Cruising Toward a Showdown With Iran

Why Iran is talking tough, the US is maneuvering warships, and gasoline is getting more expensive by the hour.

Tue Jan. 3, 2012 4:58 PM PST

MoJo's Anthology of the Iraq War

Since 2003 we've investigated Bush's lie factory, the real WMD, shady contractors, war resisters, KBR fraudsters, wounded heroes, and much more.

Fri Dec. 16, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Atomic Bombs Vs. Asteroids, and Other Uses for Old Nukes

Even as America's stockpile shrinks, weapons researchers are busy searching for new ways to keep the bombs (and their funding) alive.

Fri Dec. 2, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Inside the Corporate Plan to Occupy the Pentagon

Behind the growing push to slash soldiers' pensions and other military costs is a little-known advisory group—stacked with Wall Street executives.

Mon Nov. 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST

8 of the Wackiest (or Worst) Ideas for Nuclear Weapons

Bomb-powered spaceships, mininukes, atomic excavation, and other bizarre uses for our nuclear arsenal.

Wed Nov. 9, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Map: The Nuclear Bombs in Your Backyard

Look up where in the United States the Pentagon keeps its atomic weaponry.

Wed Nov. 9, 2011 4:00 AM PST

We're Spending More on Nukes Than We Did During the Cold War?!

In his State of the Union address, President Obama will renew his vow to shrink the US nuclear arsenal. But what will that really take?

Wed Nov. 9, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Report: Military Blew $1 Trillion on Weapons Since 9/11

A new study suggests that defense hawks are crying crocodile tears over planned cuts to Pentagon spending.

Wed Nov. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

America's Atheist Warriors

Like Pat Tillman before them, up to 40,000 US soldiers don't believe in God. Meet the man who would bring secular wisdom to their ranks.

Tue Oct. 18, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Chuck Palahniuk Goes to Hell

The bad-boy author of Fight Club and 11 other novels on his latest book, Damned.

November/December 2011 Issue

"We Are the 99 Percent" Creators Revealed

EXCLUSIVE: MoJo interviews the two activists behind Occupy Wall Street's poignant Tumblr sensation.

Fri Oct. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

For-Profit Colleges Target Vets' Education Benefits

The GI Bill has long been veterans' ticket to the middle class. But it has also become a cash cow for corporate colleges.

September/October 2011 Issue

A Privately Owned Nuclear Weapons Plant in…Kansas City?

In a last-ditch court hearing, activists seek to block a new Honeywell project.

Mon Aug. 29, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Rick Scott's VIP State Health Care Plan

Florida's anti-Obamacare governor and his tea party allies in the Legislature pay less for state-funded health insurance than janitors, cops, or teachers.

Thu Aug. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Pentagon Budget's Stealth Earmarks

How House Republicans hope to fund their pet Pentagon projects while dodging their party's ban on earmarks.

Mon Jun. 6, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

8 Weird Defense Budget Add-Ons

Sunken treasure, 200-year-old corpses, and a battle over military bands: A rundown of the odd stuff members of Congress snuck into the 2012 defense bill.

Thu Jun. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

One Man's Crusade Against Fundamentalist Claptrap

Meet religious conservatives' favorite pro-evolution, Bible-bashing textbook watchdog.

May/June 2011 Issue

"OK, He's Dead. Can We Go Home?"

Bin Laden's supporters (and the president's detractors) share their frustrations online, while active-duty soldiers rejoice.

Mon May. 2, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

Fox's New Birther Meme: Obama's Dad Was a "Serial Womanizer"

The birth certificate's real. So presidential critics have found a new way to stoke age-old racial fears, with help from the media.

Fri Apr. 29, 2011 1:12 AM PDT

GE's $3 Billion Pentagon Boondoggle

Nearly everyone thought General Electric's F-136 jet engine was a waste of money. So why did it take Congress and the military five years to kill it off?

Tue Apr. 26, 2011 12:01 AM PDT