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: Monday, June 29
Mon Jun. 29, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Eco-News Roundup: Friday, June 26
Fri Jun. 26, 2009 4:01 AM PDT

Yes, Michael Jackson is Dead
Thu Jun. 25, 2009 3:25 PM PDT

Why Great Whites Are Scared of You
Thu Jun. 25, 2009 10:37 AM PDT

Eco-news Roundup for June 25
Thu Jun. 25, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Britney Spears in Holocaust Movie?
Wed Jun. 24, 2009 11:24 AM PDT

Europe to Out-Whale Japan
Tue Jun. 23, 2009 10:04 AM PDT

Cute Endangered Animal of the Week: Ocelot
Mon Jun. 22, 2009 2:08 PM PDT

CO2 Highest in 2 Million Years
Thu Jun. 18, 2009 11:27 AM PDT

Eco-News Roundup: Thursday, June 18
Thu Jun. 18, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Eco-News Roundup: Wednesday, June 17
Wed Jun. 17, 2009 4:45 AM PDT

Cute Endangered Animal of the Week: Hawaiian Monk Seal
Tue Jun. 16, 2009 4:01 AM PDT

Friday June 12 Eco-News Round-Up
Mon Jun. 15, 2009 4:01 AM PDT

Jon Stewart Mocks, Needs the NYT
Thu Jun. 11, 2009 10:55 AM PDT

UN Wants ALL Plastic Bags Banned
Tue Jun. 9, 2009 1:49 PM PDT

City Birds Sing Louder, Faster
Wed Jun. 3, 2009 2:54 PM PDT

Tonight on PBS: Hollywood Chinese
Wed May. 27, 2009 12:08 PM PDT

Breakdown of Prop. 8 Decision
Tue May. 26, 2009 10:36 AM PDT

Walmart Uzez Lolcatz 2 Advertize
Thu May. 21, 2009 10:54 AM PDT

GAO: Schools Abuse Disabled Kids
Tue May. 19, 2009 11:07 AM PDT

The Campaign Against 'Naked' TSA Scans
Mon May. 18, 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Health Enemy No.1: Climate Change
Fri May. 15, 2009 3:57 PM PDT

Liberty City 6 Convicted
Tue May. 12, 2009 5:41 PM PDT

Stop Climate Change... Or the Pika Gets It
Wed May. 6, 2009 12:30 PM PDT

Carrie Prejean Makes 'No Offense' Ad for NOM
Wed Apr. 29, 2009 10:45 AM PDT

Salazar in SF: March of the Polar Protesters
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 4:42 PM PDT

Two Crimes, Two Stereotypes
Tue Apr. 14, 2009 2:28 PM PDT

The Anti-Gay Commercial, Plus 'Talking Points'
Thu Apr. 9, 2009 11:53 AM PDT

Are Nazis Funny? Even in Berlin?
Thu Apr. 9, 2009 11:28 AM PDT

Recession Lingo
Fri Apr. 3, 2009 4:58 PM PDT

FDA Ordered to Reconsider Plan B Age Limits
Mon Mar. 23, 2009 5:17 PM PDT

SF Chronicle Cuts Deal With Hearst
Mon Mar. 16, 2009 5:04 PM PDT

Young Feminist Does Not Equal Pole Dancer
Fri Mar. 13, 2009 4:49 PM PDT

Five-Foot Sea Level Rise to Hit San Francisco by 2100
Thu Mar. 12, 2009 1:32 PM PDT

San Francisco Chronicle Still Desperate, Unions in Talks With Hearst
Wed Feb. 25, 2009 6:15 PM PST

SF Chronicle Could Be Shut Down or Sold
Tue Feb. 24, 2009 6:05 PM PST

Climate Tipping Point Coming Faster Than IPCC Thought
Tue Feb. 24, 2009 11:18 AM PST

LOST: Please Tell Me They're Not in Purgatory
Thu Feb. 12, 2009 12:54 PM PST

LOST: Babies Are Boring
Fri Feb. 6, 2009 12:23 PM PST

LOST: Slowly, Answers Are Coming
Thu Jan. 29, 2009 1:12 PM PST

Bush's Last-Minute Land Grab Halted
Tue Jan. 20, 2009 1:08 PM PST

Saying Goodbye to Bush... Literally
Fri Jan. 16, 2009 3:55 PM PST

What Environmentalists Really Think of Ken Salazar
Wed Dec. 17, 2008 1:03 PM PST

New EPA Fugitive List = Pretty Useless
Wed Dec. 10, 2008 12:05 PM PST

Food News Round-Up
Mon Dec. 8, 2008 4:04 PM PST

New DNA Tech May Allow Cloning, Re-Creating Mammoths
Wed Nov. 19, 2008 6:00 PM PST

The Christmas Wars MMVIII: Attack of the Atheists
Thu Nov. 13, 2008 1:52 PM PST

Another Indictment in Offshore UBS Shelter Case
Wed Nov. 12, 2008 1:03 PM PST

MoJo Audio: PETA President on Chicks and Clicks
Fri Nov. 7, 2008 11:22 AM PST

'Yes on 8' Blackmail Won't Stop Corporate Opposition
Fri Oct. 24, 2008 3:55 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