Elizabeth Gettelman

Elizabeth Gettelman

Public Affairs Director

Elizabeth started at Mother Jones as a fact-check intern in 2004. After a stint as research editor she was MoJo's managing editor for five years before recently becoming the organization's head cheerleader.

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Prior to joining Mother Jones, Elizabeth worked as a newspaper reporter, a freelance writer, and a policy analyst in former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's administration, where she attended his soirees at the Top of the Mark. She's written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, and other publications, and is the author of Sportsgirl: Competitive Basketball for Girls.

Gore Challenged to Debate "Foofaraw of Pseudo-Science"
Tue Mar. 20, 2007 11:36 PM PDT

Gore Challenged To Debate "Foofaraw of Pseudo-Science"
Tue Mar. 20, 2007 11:11 PM PDT

Troops Say: Don't Ask, Don't Care
Mon Mar. 19, 2007 11:01 PM PDT

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Equals 4,000 Troops Lost Each Year
Sun Mar. 18, 2007 2:12 PM PDT

Iraqi Allies "A Population at Risk"
Mon Mar. 12, 2007 9:32 AM PDT

Mother Jones Nominated for WPA Magazine Awards
Thu Mar. 8, 2007 9:11 AM PST

Disabled Iraq Vets Shortchanged, Already
Sun Feb. 25, 2007 11:40 PM PST

Al Gore Wins! And This Time Gets To Keep the Prize
Sun Feb. 25, 2007 10:22 PM PST

Hip-Hop On the Couch, PBS Tonight
Tue Feb. 20, 2007 5:48 PM PST

Hip-Hop On the Couch
Tue Feb. 20, 2007 4:59 PM PST

The Chicks Were Brave, Give Them Grammys!
Mon Feb. 12, 2007 1:28 AM PST

Coalition of the Willing to Do Anything For Bush
Mon Feb. 12, 2007 1:24 AM PST

United? Not With Other Nations We're Not
Fri Feb. 9, 2007 10:15 AM PST

Support Our Troops (Except for the Gay Ones)
Sat Feb. 3, 2007 11:46 PM PST

TheirTube
Mon Jan. 29, 2007 4:17 PM PST

Stem Cell Progress Left Up to the States
Mon Jan. 29, 2007 10:30 AM PST

Florida, New Mexico, Iowa Hop on the Stem Cell Research Funding Bandwagon
Mon Jan. 29, 2007 10:17 AM PST

K-Fed an Insult to Fast Food
Fri Jan. 26, 2007 5:12 PM PST

K-Fed an Insult to Fast Food
Fri Jan. 26, 2007 4:15 PM PST

Lower Breast Cancer Rates May Not Mean Less Cancer
Fri Jan. 26, 2007 3:15 PM PST

The Swag Loophole, Filled
Mon Jan. 15, 2007 6:35 AM PST

Our Educator-in-Chief Leaves Us All Behind
Sun Jan. 14, 2007 10:35 PM PST

Get Naked, Get the (Military) Boot
Sun Jan. 14, 2007 8:52 PM PST

Bush's Insight: No Magic Formula
Wed Jan. 10, 2007 7:18 PM PST

A Soldier with a Laptop on a Mission
Wed Jan. 10, 2007 6:55 AM PST

Angelic Jolie on Adoption - Always Low Prices!
Mon Jan. 8, 2007 8:49 AM PST

Army Digs Deep to Get Strong
Thu Jan. 4, 2007 2:25 PM PST

Honeymoon Poll Shows Support for New Congress
Thu Jan. 4, 2007 10:02 AM PST

El Nino + Emissions = Our Toastiest Year Yet
Thu Jan. 4, 2007 7:04 AM PST

Latest Katrina Disaster: Waste Estimate Doubles to $2 Billion
Tue Dec. 26, 2006 4:06 AM PST

Dispatch from Chile: On Pinochet, "He Did Nothing to Me"
Thu Dec. 14, 2006 10:44 AM PST

Poor Pregnant Women with Herpes Don't Get Meds, and Someone Notices
Wed Dec. 6, 2006 6:03 AM PST

Birth Control or Purity Balls, That is the Question
Fri Dec. 1, 2006 12:04 PM PST

Mass Extinction Led to Reordering of Marine Ecosystems
Mon Nov. 27, 2006 7:12 AM PST

Teen Birth Rate at a Record Low
Wed Nov. 22, 2006 10:25 AM PST

Union Pacific Case on Contraceptive Coverage Could Change the Rules Nationwide
Mon Nov. 20, 2006 12:28 PM PST

Rangel Says Bring It On, The Draft That Is
Sun Nov. 19, 2006 7:07 PM PST

MoJo "Hero" Wins California Peace Prize
Tue Nov. 14, 2006 2:40 PM PST

Idaho's "Pro-Life" a Loser
Thu Nov. 9, 2006 7:13 AM PST

High Court Hears Partial-Birth Abortion Cases, Kennedy Says Women "Might be in Serious Trouble"
Wed Nov. 8, 2006 11:28 PM PST

Montana Voters at Polls Till Midnight
Wed Nov. 8, 2006 10:07 AM PST

Pombo Loss a 26-Point Swing
Wed Nov. 8, 2006 8:24 AM PST

Voters Reject Repubs, and (Gay) Marriage
Wed Nov. 8, 2006 12:17 AM PST

Quarter of Montana Voters Cast Absentee Ballots
Tue Nov. 7, 2006 11:54 PM PST

Stem Cell Initiative Too Close to Call; Regardless, Seats Gained Won't be Enough to Override Bush's Veto
Tue Nov. 7, 2006 11:32 PM PST

Katherine Harris Recruits Jews to Join the Republican Revival
Sun Nov. 5, 2006 10:20 PM PST

Texas Launches Virtual Border Patrol
Sat Nov. 4, 2006 8:19 AM PST

First Lady Calls Pombo the Environment's "Enthusiastic Steward"
Fri Nov. 3, 2006 5:29 PM PST

Diebold Asks HBO to Kill Voting Machine Documentary
Fri Nov. 3, 2006 9:07 AM PST

There's No Apologizing in Politics!
Wed Nov. 1, 2006 10:30 AM PST

Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore

The actress famed for portraying an ass-kicking cop in The Wire hustles to fight street violence in real life.

Thu Mar. 15, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Wendell Pierce Goes to Market

The "Treme" and "The Wire" actor on his career, launching a supermarket chain in New Orleans, and why Americans shy away from reality on television.

January/February 2012 Issue

Project Runway's Top Gunn

Tim Gunn on revolutionary fashion, the "It Gets Better" campaign, and why you're never too smart for style.

January/February 2012 Issue

How to Make a Feature Film With Your Cellphone

The Oscar-eligible "Olive" is the first theater-ready film to be shot entirely with a smartphone. Here's how it was done.

Fri Dec. 30, 2011 4:00 AM PST

All in the Game

Actor Michael Kenneth Williams on being Omar, "ear-hustling," and connecting with Mike Tyson.

September/October 2011 Issue

Rosario Dawson Acts Up

Hollywood's hottest actress-activist on YouTube flicks, telenovelas, and her Twitter addiction.

July/August 2011 Issue

Books: What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets

Who eats more, a Namibian trucker or a British mom? Authors Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio circle the globe to document the meal truth.

September/October 2010 Issue

Pat Tillman's War

The Tillman Story documentary reveals a family as heroic as the football star turned icon.

Fri Sep. 3, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Jack Johnson Heads To the Sea

The smooth tracks of a surfing, songwriting, social-activist rock star.

Thu Jun. 10, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

The Enemy in Your Pants

The military’s decades-long war against STDs.

May/June 2010 Issue

Masters of the Uterus

The 3,500-year battle over where babies do—and don't—come from.

May/June 2010

Not Quite Ready to Be a Mother? That's Ok Too.

The greatest hits in contraceptive history, from crocodile dung to KISS condoms.

May/June 2010 Issue

A Voice in Haiti's Chorus

Author Edwidge Danticat on Haiti’s long road to recovery.

May/June 2010 Issue

Dope and Glory

From Viagra to Vancouver, our brave new performance enhancing world.

January/Febraury 2010 Issue

False Positives

The 10 best excuses given by athletes busted for doping.

January/February 2010 Issue

Film: 9500 Liberty

A Virginia county's battle over random immigration status checks.

January/February 2010 Issue

Into the Heart of Whiteness

Richard Benjamin on being the lone black guy at a white separatist retreat, and other adventures in America's whitest places.

Wed Dec. 23, 2009 5:00 AM PST

A Powerfully Concentrated History of Performance Enhancement
January/February 2010 Issue

Conspiracy Watch: America's Evilest Airport

Denver's airport of doom.

November/December 2009 Issue

Aboxalypse Now

Overpackaging, killer clamshells, and other common triggers of wrap rage.

November/December 2009 Issue

Consumer Retorts: Trader Joe's Bad Wrap

Yo, Joe! Do apples really need extra packaging?

September/October 2009 Issue

I'm With the Rand

Celebrity fans of the cult of selfishness.

July/August 2009 Issue

Conspiracy Watch: Operation Couch Potato

Does the government know you're addicted to <span style="font-style:normal !important;">Gossip Girl</span>?

May/June 2009

Can Biology Clean Up Sewage and Oil Spills?

From mushrooms to hair mats, quirky cleanups for man-made messes.

May/June 2009

Pop Culture Shards From the Trash Heap of History

Memorable garbage from Woodsy to Wall-E.

May/June 2009

Books: Righteous Porkchop

Nicolette Hahn Niman's insider story of fighting factory farms from the courtroom to the marketplace.

Tue Mar. 31, 2009 11:29 AM PDT

Gwen Ifill's Truth

The anchor of neutrality dishes on politesse and why it's so hard for her to vote.

Sun Mar. 29, 2009 3:31 PM PDT

Books: The Lottery Wars

Long odds, fast money, and the battle over an American institution.

March/April 2009

Conspiracy Watch: The Wisest Guys in the Room

Did the Mafia kneecap Wall Street?

January/February 2009 Issue

A Glossary of Sustainability

We decode green lingo, from "upcycling" to "LOHAS."

November/December 2008 Issue

Greens Gone Wild

Who says skivvies, sex, and booze can't factor into the sustainability equation?

November/December 2008 Issue

Kindergardens for All

Public school gardens are a frontline response to the obesity epidemic. So why aren't there more of them?

November/December 2008 Issue

DoNotMail.gov

The national Do Not Call registry is five years old. Is it time for a national Do Not Junk Mail list?

November/December 2008 Issue

Roundtable Review: W.

<i>MoJo</i> staffers riff on <i>W.</i>, Oliver Stone's biopic of George W. Bush, starring Josh Brolin.

Fri Oct. 17, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

The MoJo Interview: Bill Maher

Caustic comedian Bill Maher on bargaining with God and why Christianity is just as crazy as Scientology.

September/October 2008 Issue