Jen Quraishi

Jen Quraishi

Jen Quraishi is a former assistant editor and editorial coordinator at Mother Jones. Before joining Mother Jones, Jen was managing editor at Girlfriends magazine. Born and raised in Oregon, she's been published in the Miami Herald, Wired, the Contra Costa Times, and the 48 Hour Magazine. In her spare time she enjoys baking pastries, working on her Japanese, and visiting local art museums. She also writes for San Francisco hyperlocal blogs.

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Eco-News Roundup: Friday February 11
Fri Feb. 11, 2011 5:37 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup: Friday February 4
Fri Feb. 4, 2011 5:00 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup: Friday January 28
Fri Jan. 28, 2011 1:21 PM PST

Eco-News Roundup: Friday January 21
Fri Jan. 21, 2011 5:46 AM PST

Does Islamophobia Increase Hate Crimes for Others?
Thu Jan. 20, 2011 4:07 PM PST

Gov. Bentley's Christian Brotherhood
Tue Jan. 18, 2011 6:08 PM PST

Mother Jones' Portlandia Cameo
Fri Jan. 14, 2011 10:53 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup: Friday January 14
Fri Jan. 14, 2011 5:11 AM PST

Fiji Water's Tall Tales
Thu Jan. 13, 2011 10:50 AM PST

ATMs Are as Clean as Toilets
Tue Jan. 11, 2011 5:44 PM PST

Fiji Water Sued for Greenwashing
Fri Jan. 7, 2011 5:05 AM PST

Six Self-Control Tips From Experts
Thu Jan. 6, 2011 6:59 AM PST

Video: Mac Talks With Quake Victims in Haiti
Mon Jan. 3, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Dec. 17, 2010 5:38 AM PST

What Was Said About Pakistan Today
Thu Dec. 16, 2010 2:08 PM PST

Arctic Hybridization Makes Saving Species Tough
Thu Dec. 16, 2010 5:15 AM PST

Mother Sues McDonald's for 'Interfering' With Kids
Wed Dec. 15, 2010 4:02 PM PST

Carbon's Storage Problem Above Ground and Below
Tue Dec. 14, 2010 4:59 PM PST

Eco-News Roundup: Friday December 10
Fri Dec. 10, 2010 4:15 PM PST

How Children Suffer From Climate Change
Fri Dec. 10, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Dec. 3, 2010 5:55 AM PST

Sea Shepherd: "Don't Be Rude"
Wed Dec. 1, 2010 5:32 PM PST

TSA Travel in 3 Bullet Points
Mon Nov. 29, 2010 1:09 PM PST

Girl Talk's Personal Mixtape
Mon Nov. 22, 2010 4:48 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Nov. 19, 2010 10:54 AM PST

Putin's Animal Love
Thu Nov. 18, 2010 12:25 PM PST

Dudes to TSA: Don't Touch that Junk!
Tue Nov. 16, 2010 2:24 PM PST

What Happens to Your Phone When You Recycle It?
Mon Nov. 15, 2010 3:30 AM PST

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Nov. 12, 2010 5:55 AM PST

Is it caloric quality, or quantity?
Tue Nov. 9, 2010 12:03 PM PST

Harry Potter's Owl Problem
Fri Nov. 5, 2010 1:37 PM PDT

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Nov. 5, 2010 4:06 AM PDT

Searching for Sharia
Thu Nov. 4, 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Muslimophobia: Election Roundup
Wed Nov. 3, 2010 3:48 PM PDT

Cyclists Face Lack of Legal Protection in Crashes
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 12:11 PM PDT

SF's Rally for Sanity
Mon Nov. 1, 2010 2:12 PM PDT

Eco-News Roundup: Friday October 29
Fri Oct. 29, 2010 4:14 AM PDT

SF Too Pretty to Win World Series
Wed Oct. 27, 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Las Vegas Bets on Reid for Senate
Mon Oct. 25, 2010 3:18 PM PDT

Mexican Cartels Hurting Silver Mining
Fri Oct. 22, 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Oct. 22, 2010 4:52 AM PDT

Target Boos Homemade Costumes
Thu Oct. 21, 2010 4:18 PM PDT

Germans Not Hot on Tea Party's Hitler References
Thu Oct. 21, 2010 3:30 PM PDT

Sexiest, and Sexist-ist, Costumes from Target
Thu Oct. 21, 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Eco-News Roundup: Friday October 15
Fri Oct. 15, 2010 4:16 AM PDT

Flickr IDs Longest Whale Migration Ever
Thu Oct. 14, 2010 6:30 PM PDT

Want Cane Sugar? Drink Mexican Coke
Wed Oct. 13, 2010 11:53 AM PDT

'School of Shock' Op-Ed Omits Some Details
Mon Oct. 11, 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Eco-News Roundup
Fri Oct. 8, 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Pro-Life's 28 Days Later Billboard
Wed Oct. 6, 2010 12:38 PM PDT

"This Is for Destroying Airplanes"

Secret video shot by an FBI superinformant on the job.

Fri Aug. 12, 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The Illustrated Etiquette Guide for Soldiers (Iraq War Edition)

Learn how to say "where are the prisoners kept?" in phonetic Arabic, plus cultural advice on hugging from the US military.

Thu Mar. 3, 2011 1:01 AM PST

Big Pharma's Search for a Little Pink Pill

A new documentary follows Big Pharma's search for the Big O.

Mon Feb. 14, 2011 7:23 AM PST

LISTEN: Are FOB Chinese Moms Really Better? (Audio)

The authors of "My Mom Is A FOB" poke gentle fun at their Chinese mothers' love of straight As—and "doggie-style fries."

Fri Jan. 14, 2011 1:00 PM PST

LISTEN: How to Avoid Self-Sabotage This Year (Audio)

Self-control expert Daniel Akst tells you his secrets.

Wed Jan. 5, 2011 10:51 AM PST

From FOB to Fobulous

How Asian Americans are turning an insult upside down.

September/October 2010 Issue

Tea Party: More Signs of Racism?

If the tea party wants diversity, it may want to get some new signage.

Tue Sep. 28, 2010 2:22 AM PDT

Blezzed R Teh Cheezmakers

Rewriting the word of God for kitties, coders, and conservatives.

July/August 2010 Issue

MoJo Podcast: "The L Word" Actress Daniela Sea

The <span style="font-style:normal;">L Word's </span>heartthrob discusses sexual politics and her passion for animal rights.

Wed Nov. 25, 2009 7:11 PM PST

Big Ag's Growing Influence

On Capitol Hill, the ag lobby is the 800-pound steer.

November/December 2009 Issue

Books: On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear

Richard Ellis traces the natural and cultural history of polar bears.

November/December 2009 Issue

Top Model Tells All

An ex-model and her partner discuss their new film about the ugly side of modeling.

Fri Aug. 28, 2009 2:54 PM PDT

MoJo Audio: 5 Questions for Sara Ziff and Ole Schell
Fri Aug. 28, 2009 2:36 PM PDT

How Far Did Voss and San Pellegrino Travel to My Whole Foods?

We charted the miles per bottle for nine top water brands.

September/October 2009 Issue

H2Uh-Oh

From Arrowhead to Volvic, Fiji's not the only bottled water with a PR challenge.

September/October 2009 Issue

MoJo Audio: 5 Questions for Sheila Himmel

Sheila Himmel, co-author of <span style="font-style:normal;">Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia</span>, discusses the prevalence of eating disorders.

Mon Aug. 3, 2009 2:23 AM PDT

Big Gulp

How much H<sub>2</sub>0 goes into everyday products.

July/August 2009 Issue

The Cartels Next Door

Cartels used to neatly divide Mexico. But as they have fractured, the violence has intensified. And moved north.

July/August 2009 Issue

Recycling: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Meet the cities at the bottom of the residential recycling pile.

May/June 2009

Is the Bible Blogtastic?

Slate.com editor David Plotz on PETA-friendly sacrifice and why the Good Book is so bloody.

Sat Apr. 18, 2009 4:13 PM PDT

Film Review: House of Saddam

A new HBO biopic tries to unveil Saddam's humanity, but it's more fun watching Hussein's family than the cold-blooded dictator.

Fri Dec. 5, 2008 1:00 AM PST

Five Ways to Game Global Warming

These online ecofantasies put the fun back into saving the planet.

November/December 2008 Issue

MoJo Audio: Rose George

British writer Rose George on the disposal of human waste and her new book, <i>The Big Necessity.</i>

Mon Nov. 10, 2008 1:00 AM PST

Q&A: David Goldberg

The communications director for Smart Growth America talks city sprawl trends, smarter urban planning models, and why he's excited about Atlanta.

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

Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Co-Founder

Has PETA gone too far?

Wed Oct. 15, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Film Review: Up the Yangtze

Filmmaker Yang Chung documents the new China below deck on a Yangtze River cruise ship full of Americans.

September/October 2008 Issue

Q&A: James Hansen

James Hansen, head of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, on why CO2 should be declared a pollutant.

September/October 2008 Issue

Q&A: Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle, author of <i>What to Eat</i> and professor at New York University's Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, on the destruction of the FDA.

September/October 2008 Issue

Q&A: Judith Curry

Judith Curry, chair of Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, on the importance of understanding and protecting our home planet.

September/October 2008 Issue

Why Barack Obama Is Still Your New Bicycle

San Francisco writer and meme creator Mathew Honan explains BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com, Twitter publicity, and what it's like to have the Obama campaign favorite his photo on Flickr.

Tue Aug. 5, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

A Glossary of Prison Slang

From "Buck Rogers time" (a sentence with a far-future parole date) to "the monster" (HIV)

July/August 2008 Issue

Five Ways to Survive Any Disaster

Survival researcher Amanda Ripley explains how to get through the next earthquake/hurricane/plane crash/terrorist attack.

Mon Jun. 9, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Power Q&A: Robert Bryce

The author of <i>Gusher of Lies</i> on why he's pro-nuclear, anti-wind, and all over super batteries

Mon Apr. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Power Q&A: Chelsea Sexton

The bubbly star of "Who Killed the Electric Car" explains why General Motors is still her favorite car company, even after they laid her off and buried the EV1.

Mon Apr. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PDT