Jonathan Stein

Jonathan Stein was a reporter in Mother Jones' Washington, D.C. bureau from July 2007 until May 2009. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in public policy from the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Oregon Comes Through: Dems Win Another Senate Seat
Thu Nov. 6, 2008 8:05 AM PST

What's the Number One Thing Needed to Win an Election?
Thu Nov. 6, 2008 7:38 AM PST

Palin in 2012? Maybe Not So Much
Wed Nov. 5, 2008 2:26 PM PST

Reflections on California's Proposition 8
Wed Nov. 5, 2008 1:19 PM PST

Landslide? The Popular Vote Total, in Historical Context
Wed Nov. 5, 2008 10:36 AM PST

Reactions from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Wed Nov. 5, 2008 9:55 AM PST

Reactions from Kenya
Wed Nov. 5, 2008 9:33 AM PST

The Dems' Moderately Disappointing Congressional Results
Wed Nov. 5, 2008 9:20 AM PST

Shocker! Nader Out (Plus Senate News)
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 7:29 PM PST

Who Wins the Giant Nerd Demographic? CNN
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 5:08 PM PST

McCain and Palin Face Off
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 4:08 PM PST

A Missing Voice in Ohio
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 10:28 AM PST

Do Not Pay Attention to Exit Polls
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 10:05 AM PST

Handy Map: Poll Closing Times Nationwide
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 8:42 AM PST

MOJO VIDEO: Inside a National Election Hotline Call Center
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 7:01 AM PST

Check MotherJones.com for Full Election Day and Election Night Coverage
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 6:28 AM PST

Obama's Grandmother Got to Cast a Vote for the Man She Raised
Tue Nov. 4, 2008 6:11 AM PST

Election Day Arrives: Should Obama Supporters Worry?
Mon Nov. 3, 2008 12:45 PM PST

Quote of the Day, Barack Obama Edition
Sun Nov. 2, 2008 9:52 AM PST

How to Protect Your Vote
Fri Oct. 31, 2008 2:26 PM PDT

Putting the Democrats' Impending Congressional Victory in Historical Context
Fri Oct. 31, 2008 8:05 AM PDT

Video: McCain Campaign's Khalidi Head Fake Exposed on CNN
Thu Oct. 30, 2008 1:34 PM PDT

Well, That's the Purpose of Talking Points...
Thu Oct. 30, 2008 12:20 PM PDT

Obama's 30 Minutes of Primetime Air Mentions McCain Not Once: Why
Thu Oct. 30, 2008 8:58 AM PDT

Profane Quote of the Day
Thu Oct. 30, 2008 7:59 AM PDT

The Cutest News Report You Will See in 2008
Wed Oct. 29, 2008 11:44 AM PDT

Conservative PAC Holds Press Conference, Accuses Obama of Everything Ever
Wed Oct. 29, 2008 11:21 AM PDT

MOJO VIDEO: Palin for President?
Tue Oct. 28, 2008 3:30 PM PDT

What's Missing from GOP.com?
Tue Oct. 28, 2008 9:37 AM PDT

Literally, Get Off of My Lawn
Tue Oct. 28, 2008 8:00 AM PDT

Ted Stevens Will Have One Fewer Vote Next Tuesday
Mon Oct. 27, 2008 2:30 PM PDT

Wright Happens
Mon Oct. 27, 2008 2:13 PM PDT

Did We Just Invade Syria?
Sun Oct. 26, 2008 2:48 PM PDT

Schadenfreude Watch: 10.24.08
Fri Oct. 24, 2008 8:11 AM PDT

An Early Voting Story That Pulls on the Heart Strings
Thu Oct. 23, 2008 1:23 PM PDT

GOP Gets Catty
Thu Oct. 23, 2008 7:11 AM PDT

McCain's Focus on Pennsylvania Explained
Wed Oct. 22, 2008 10:17 AM PDT

Most Expensive Campaign Ever? Not Really
Wed Oct. 22, 2008 10:03 AM PDT

Bachmann Fights Back
Wed Oct. 22, 2008 8:51 AM PDT

McCain's NEW Biggest Liability: Palin
Wed Oct. 22, 2008 8:05 AM PDT

A View of Bush From Across the Pond
Tue Oct. 21, 2008 2:03 PM PDT

"Tito the Builder" Goes National
Tue Oct. 21, 2008 11:15 AM PDT

Bachmann (R-Crazy) May Lose Seat Due to Self-Inflicted Wound
Tue Oct. 21, 2008 9:15 AM PDT

The GOP's "Voter Fraud" Fraud. QED
Tue Oct. 21, 2008 7:50 AM PDT

MOJO VIDEO: Mad for McCain (Starring "Tito the Builder")
Mon Oct. 20, 2008 5:04 PM PDT

We May See Jeremiah Wright Yet
Mon Oct. 20, 2008 2:18 PM PDT

VIDEO: The GOP's Internal Struggle Over Racism and Xenophobia
Mon Oct. 20, 2008 1:30 PM PDT

The Candidates' Health Mysteries
Mon Oct. 20, 2008 12:58 PM PDT

Powell on Being Muslim in America
Mon Oct. 20, 2008 10:16 AM PDT

Palin Confuses on Proper Direction of Campaign
Mon Oct. 20, 2008 9:00 AM PDT

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.

September/October 2006 Issue

Bailout & Switch

Which Hill insiders now lobby for big finance?

July/August 2009 Issue

Meet K Street's Worst Nightmare

Lisa Rosenberg is the lobbyist lobbyists hate.

Thu May. 7, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

An Inconvenient Truth for the GOP

Republicans trying to block climate change legislation are abandoned by their former corporate allies.

Wed Apr. 22, 2009 1:26 PM PDT

Chris Dodd's Personal Bailout

How Big Finance is trying to keep the Senate banking chairman's imperiled political career afloat.

Thu Apr. 16, 2009 7:52 PM PDT

Party Hacks: Rebooting the GOP

Amid a "failure of our brand," can the GOP finally crack Web 2.0?

May/June 2009

Revolving Door, Bailout Edition

Why won't key lawmakers disclose contacts with ex-aides lobbying for Big Finance?

Thu Apr. 9, 2009 10:06 AM PDT

Cass Sunstein: Supreme Court Non-Starter?

Why Obama's regulatory czar probably won't be nominated to the high-court.

Thu Apr. 9, 2009 9:56 AM PDT

Climate Bill Kickoff

Finally, sweeping climate change legislation. The green crowd goes wild.

Tue Mar. 31, 2009 3:15 PM PDT

Top Geithner Aide Fought CEO Pay Reform

Mark Patterson lobbied against Barack Obama's bill to curb executive compensation.

Fri Mar. 20, 2009 3:50 AM PDT

The House (and Senate) of Ill Repute

Veteran Washington Post reporter Robert Kaiser on how lobbyists and lawmakers have given government a bad name.

Thu Mar. 12, 2009 2:05 PM PDT

Sarah Palin: More Earmark Hypocrisy

She campaigned as an anti-earmark crusader, but the omnibus spending bill contains several of her very own.

Thu Mar. 12, 2009 9:48 AM PDT

Obama's Progressive Treasury Pick

The president adds a liberal to his centrist-dominated economic team.

Wed Mar. 11, 2009 9:08 AM PDT

Congressional Data Mining: Coming Soon?

How a little-noticed provision in a House spending bill could revolutionize news.

Thu Mar. 5, 2009 11:04 AM PST

Where Is Obama's Chief Technology Officer?

Obama has yet to appoint a CTO. Techies and open government activists are getting restless.

Mon Mar. 2, 2009 4:54 PM PST

The GOP's Misguided Energy

A hearing on climate change legislation foreshadows a possible GOP strategy of distraction.

Wed Feb. 25, 2009 7:48 AM PST

17 Players Who Could Make or Break Cap and Trade

Are Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, and Van Jones hot? Or not? You decide.

March/April 2009

The Stimulus Goes Green

The $789 billion recovery package wasn't all enviros hoped for. In some cases, it was more.

Thu Feb. 12, 2009 2:06 PM PST

Hail to the Geek

Lawrence Lessig's brief take on the buggy system Obama' chief technology officer will inherit.

January/February 2009 Issue

DC: The 51st State?

It's a little-known fact that Barack Obama supports statehood for Washington, DC. But local activists are still crossing their fingers for congressional representation.

Wed Dec. 10, 2008 1:00 AM PST

What Obama Has to Look Forward To

A new GAO report says he inherits a federal government rife with waste, fraud, and mismanagement.

Mon Dec. 8, 2008 1:00 AM PST

The GOP's Internet Insurgents

Republican techies are rising up against a party that can't reboot.

Thu Nov. 20, 2008 1:00 AM PST

Cleaning House

Where do defeated members of Congress go? First stop, a basement purgatory on Capitol Hill.

Mon Nov. 17, 2008 1:00 AM PST

Retool the Wonkforce

The Capitol's move to sugarcane plates and cornstarch cups was a good start. What's left to clean the House?

November/December 2008 Issue

The Republican Excuse-O-Meter

This fall's top five scandal-tinged congressmen and their "official" reasons for retiring.

November/December 2008 Issue

Photo Essay: No Justice, No Peace, No Convention

Protestors at the RNC.

Mon Sep. 1, 2008 1:54 PM PDT

Whither the Bushwhacked?

Our guide to which administrationites hit the private sector with a splash, a thud, or a shrug. Plus, who landed in jail.

Mon Aug. 25, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Bush's Biggest Achievements

Yes, when not steering the country into domestic and international crisis, the president did get some things right.

Mon Aug. 25, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Obama: Change Africa Believes In

Traveling through Kenya and Tanzania, a Mother Jones writer finds locals rallying behind the man they see as the "tribal chief of the world."

Tue Aug. 12, 2008 1:47 PM PDT

What's John McCain's Technology Policy? It Doesn't Exist.

Surprise—he doesn't have one. And how does that compare to Barack Obama?

Mon Jul. 7, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

All You Need to Know About Obama's VP Options

Now that Obama has nearly clinched the nomination, who's on tap to be his running mate? Your guide to the contenders.

Tue Jun. 3, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

McCain's Troubling Relationship With the Revolving Door

While the Arizona senator was decrying Washington's "revolving door," his own staffers were zipping back and forth through it.

Tue May. 27, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

What's Wrong With the Farm Bill

The President of the Environmental Working Group explains why the farm bill that just passed Congress represents a monumental opportunity lost.

Fri May. 16, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Out of Commission

An ongoing Senate deadlock over FEC nominees could mean the federal government's electoral referee is sidelined during the 2008 elections.

Mon Apr. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

McCain to Be Booted From Non-Profit's Board for Lack of Straight Talk

With no response from John McCain on its survey of issue positions after nine months, the voter-education nonprofit is poised to boot the Arizona senator off its board.

Mon Apr. 7, 2008 12:00 AM PDT