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Laura McClure
New Media Editor
Laura is a national award-winning investigative reporter, two-time USC Annenberg health journalism fellow, Knight Digital Media Center fellow, and Carnegie Mellon University alumna geek. Shortly after biking across rivers for two years in rural West Africa as a French-speaking HIV-prevention Peace Corps Volunteer, she worked as a news/politics editor and writer at Salon. Ask her sometime about condom demonstrations in Togo.
Author's Articles
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MoJo Podcast: Kevin Drum and David Corn
MoJo's Kevin Drum and David Corn discuss the White…
—Fri Oct. 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, October 16, 2009
—Fri Oct. 16, 2009 9:39 AM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, October 9, 2009
—Fri Oct. 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, October 2, 2009
—Fri Oct. 2, 2009 12:55 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, September 11, 2009
—Fri Sep. 11, 2009 4:56 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, September 4, 2009
—Fri Sep. 4, 2009 4:03 PM PDT -
The Landmark Forum: 42 Hours, $500, 65 Breakdowns
My lost weekend with the trademark happy, bathroom…
—Mon Aug. 17, 2009 4:21 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: NetRoots Nation Dispatch With Kevin Drum
—Fri Aug. 14, 2009 4:30 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, August 7, 2009
This week: the GOP's Birther problem, Bill Clinton…
—Fri Aug. 7, 2009 2:30 PM PDT -
MoJo Audio: 5 Questions for Pulitzer Prize Winner David Cay Johnston
The renowned economic writer discusses how the boss…
—Fri May. 15, 2009 4:55 PM PDT -
MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.'s Southern Fried Language
The Alphabet Juice author and Wait Wait…
—Wed Apr. 29, 2009 5:18 PM PDT -
MoJo Audio: 5 Questions on International Adoption for Scott Carney
Investigative reporter Scott Carney discusses the…
—Fri Mar. 13, 2009 2:51 PM PDT -
Film Review: Critical Condition
Roger Weisberg's forthcoming PBS documentary about…
—Tue Sep. 30, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Inside the Firefox's Den
Mozilla Foundation chair Mitchell Baker, arguably…
—Tue Sep. 16, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
How to Get a Conjugal Visit
Shackled births, prisoner experiments, and rampant…
—Mon Jul. 21, 2008 12:00 AM PDT
Author's Blog Posts
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Monday Mental Health Break: Backstreet Boys Edition
—Mon Oct. 26, 2009 9:46 AM PDT -
Podcast: Trigger Options, Obama Conspiracy Games, and Climate Cover Models
—Fri Oct. 23, 2009 10:32 PM PDT -
Today's Mystery Guest Cat: Deacon
—Fri Oct. 23, 2009 10:19 PM PDT -
Podcast: Flu Vaccines, Olympia Snowe, and Gay Rights
—Fri Oct. 16, 2009 4:11 PM PDT -
Today's Mystery Guest Cat: Shinobi
—Fri Oct. 16, 2009 4:10 PM PDT -
Mystery Guest Cat: Turkish
—Fri Oct. 9, 2009 10:01 AM PDT -
Clinton on Gore
—Fri Sep. 25, 2009 2:00 AM PDT -
Fiji Water's Treats for Tweets
—Fri Sep. 18, 2009 2:00 AM PDT -
Of Fox News and Field Guides
—Wed Sep. 16, 2009 2:00 AM PDT -
MoJo Mix: Fast Flip and Beck Watch
—Tue Sep. 15, 2009 12:12 PM PDT -
Podcast: Kevin and David on 9/11, Health Care, and the GOP
—Fri Sep. 11, 2009 9:44 PM PDT -
9/11 Truthers and Tweets
—Fri Sep. 11, 2009 9:10 PM PDT -
Of AIPAC and Astroturfers
—Thu Sep. 10, 2009 11:33 AM PDT -
Kabul Krazytown and Obama's Kid Speech
—Fri Sep. 4, 2009 5:08 PM PDT -
Podcast: Kevin Drum's NetRoots Nation Dispatch
—Sat Aug. 15, 2009 2:42 PM PDT -
Podcast: NetRoots Nation Dispatch
—Sat Aug. 15, 2009 2:14 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: Birthers and Vegas, Baby, Vegas
—Tue Aug. 11, 2009 5:09 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 11 August 2009
—Tue Aug. 11, 2009 5:02 PM PDT -
Podcast: Birthers, Health Care, and August Derangement
—Fri Aug. 7, 2009 4:17 PM PDT -
Birthers and Bill Clinton
—Fri Aug. 7, 2009 3:37 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 3 August 2009
—Mon Aug. 3, 2009 11:06 AM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 3 August 2009
—Mon Aug. 3, 2009 11:02 AM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 23 July 2009
—Thu Jul. 23, 2009 4:20 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 23 July 2009
—Thu Jul. 23, 2009 4:11 PM PDT -
Pregnancy Mental Health Break: Let's Panic!
—Mon Jul. 20, 2009 6:16 PM PDT -
Judging Sonia's Deadpan
—Sat Jul. 18, 2009 11:21 PM PDT -
Podcast: Kevin Drum and David Corn Talk Sotomayor Kabuki and Dick Cheney's CIA Surprise
—Sat Jul. 18, 2009 11:04 AM PDT -
Al Franken's Perry Mason Moment
—Wed Jul. 15, 2009 10:51 PM PDT -
Sotomayor Video: Al Franken's Perry Mason Joke
—Wed Jul. 15, 2009 10:46 PM PDT -
Video: America on $195 a Week
—Tue Jul. 14, 2009 2:44 PM PDT -
Podcast: Kevin Drum and David Corn Talk Michael Jackson, Sarah Palin, and the GOP 2012
—Fri Jul. 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 9 July 2009
—Thu Jul. 9, 2009 5:27 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 9 July 2009
—Thu Jul. 9, 2009 5:07 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 7 July 2009
—Tue Jul. 7, 2009 12:13 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 7 July 2009
—Tue Jul. 7, 2009 12:02 PM PDT -
MoJo Mix: 1 July 2009
—Wed Jul. 1, 2009 9:25 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 26 June 2009
—Fri Jun. 26, 2009 8:28 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 26 June 2009
—Fri Jun. 26, 2009 8:19 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 24 June 2009
—Wed Jun. 24, 2009 6:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 24 June 2009
—Wed Jun. 24, 2009 3:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 23 June 2009
—Tue Jun. 23, 2009 10:28 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 23 June 2009
—Tue Jun. 23, 2009 8:19 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 22 June 2009
—Mon Jun. 22, 2009 7:33 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 22 June 2009
—Mon Jun. 22, 2009 6:22 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 19 June 2009
—Fri Jun. 19, 2009 6:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 19 June 2009
—Fri Jun. 19, 2009 3:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 18 June 2009
—Thu Jun. 18, 2009 6:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 18 June 2009
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Best in Blog: 17 June 2009
—Wed Jun. 17, 2009 6:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 17 June 2009
—Wed Jun. 17, 2009 2:00 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 15 June 2009
—Mon Jun. 15, 2009 1:00 AM PDT -
Kansas Abortion Stories and George Tiller Video
—Mon Jun. 1, 2009 10:46 AM PDT -
Best in Blog: 29 May 2009
—Fri May. 29, 2009 5:24 PM PDT -
TEDTalk: Orgasm Trivia
—Fri May. 29, 2009 2:03 PM PDT -
Video: The Story of Stuff
—Mon May. 11, 2009 7:56 PM PDT -
The Gospel According to Twitter
—Mon May. 11, 2009 1:41 PM PDT -
Today's Science Word: Epizootic
—Wed May. 6, 2009 4:24 PM PDT -
Note to Self: Avoid Surgery in Georgia
—Mon May. 4, 2009 5:32 PM PDT -
WhiteHouse.gov's Newest Facelift
—Fri May. 1, 2009 6:15 PM PDT -
Video: David Corn Talks Souter on Hardball
—Fri May. 1, 2009 5:32 PM PDT -
Swine Flu Survey: How Scared Are You?
—Thu Apr. 30, 2009 2:22 PM PDT -
Video: The RNC Tries This Thing Called "Humor"
—Thu Apr. 30, 2009 12:08 PM PDT -
Is Luce's "American Century" Finally Over?
—Tue Apr. 28, 2009 1:15 PM PDT -
Swine Flu's Boosters
—Tue Apr. 28, 2009 12:36 PM PDT -
The People vs. Dick Cheney vs. Torture
—Tue Apr. 28, 2009 10:06 AM PDT -
The Week in Torture
—Fri Apr. 24, 2009 11:58 AM PDT -
Ruppy, the Glowing Red Beagle Clone
—Thu Apr. 23, 2009 11:48 AM PDT -
Awl Aboard
—Wed Apr. 22, 2009 2:29 PM PDT -
5 Questions for Penguin Scientist Ron Naveen
—Tue Apr. 21, 2009 2:48 PM PDT -
Suriname's Green Nobel Winner
—Mon Apr. 20, 2009 6:37 PM PDT -
Watch David Corn Talk Torture on Hardball
—Fri Apr. 17, 2009 10:57 PM PDT -
Google Health Records: Ready for Prime Time?
—Tue Apr. 14, 2009 2:17 PM PDT -
Susan Boyle, Curing Cynicism Since 2009
—Sun Apr. 12, 2009 9:46 AM PDT -
Forum Sneak Peek: Is Organic and Local so 2008?
—Fri Apr. 10, 2009 10:02 PM PDT -
Video: Anti-Gay Marriage Ad Audition Tapes
—Thu Apr. 9, 2009 12:51 PM PDT -
Rocket Fuel Found in Infant Formula
—Thu Apr. 2, 2009 9:40 PM PDT -
Web 2.0 Expo Gets Recessionified
—Thu Apr. 2, 2009 12:57 PM PDT -
Want to Help Us Follow Up on Indonesian Biofuels?
—Thu Mar. 26, 2009 4:52 PM PDT -
Iraq War, 6 Years and Counting
—Thu Mar. 19, 2009 1:11 PM PDT -
What's Cheaper: Buying Stock or Buying Beer?
—Wed Mar. 11, 2009 11:03 PM PDT -
Military Health, Face Transplant Edition
—Mon Mar. 9, 2009 11:09 AM PDT -
Welcome, NY Times Readers!
—Sat Mar. 7, 2009 6:25 AM PST -
Baby Bottle BPA Bye Bye
—Fri Mar. 6, 2009 1:28 PM PST -
Medicaid, Sexing It Up Since 2010
—Thu Feb. 26, 2009 9:55 PM PST -
Video: Mardi Gras Was Even More Awesome in 1941
—Tue Feb. 24, 2009 9:33 AM PST -
MoJo Video: Goodbye, Bush
—Tue Jan. 20, 2009 9:19 AM PST -
MoJo Video Contest: Goodbye, George W. Bush
—Thu Jan. 15, 2009 12:44 PM PST -
The New Yorker on Breastfeeding
—Mon Jan. 12, 2009 12:07 PM PST -
Cluster Bombs, Now Slightly Less Incredibly Depressing
—Fri Dec. 5, 2008 9:49 AM PST -
Primary Sources: Obama's Acceptance Speech, Full Text
—Wed Nov. 5, 2008 8:29 AM PST -
Starbucks Wants You to Vote, Too
—Tue Nov. 4, 2008 2:09 PM PST -
Studs Terkel, RIP
—Fri Oct. 31, 2008 4:55 PM PDT -
On Bowoto v. Chevron
—Wed Oct. 29, 2008 9:28 AM PDT -
Forget Joe. Long Live Josephine the Plumber
—Wed Oct. 15, 2008 9:51 PM PDT -
VP Debate: Working Moms For Palin? Not These 400
—Thu Oct. 2, 2008 10:12 PM PDT -
House to Voters: Please Stop Emailing Us
—Tue Sep. 30, 2008 3:45 PM PDT -
A Liberal's Confession on Sarah Palin
—Mon Sep. 8, 2008 5:32 PM PDT -
An Anti-Hillary, Pro-Life Feminist?
—Fri Aug. 29, 2008 6:19 PM PDT -
Why is HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Blogging About Abortion?
—Thu Aug. 14, 2008 11:06 AM PDT -
What's in Anti-Viral Kleenex?
—Fri Aug. 1, 2008 12:43 PM PDT -
Subprime: The Miami Case Study
—Fri Jul. 11, 2008 2:44 PM PDT -
Apple Bricked my iPhone
—Fri Jul. 11, 2008 11:46 AM PDT -
Video: Fox News Altered Photos
—Thu Jul. 3, 2008 4:44 PM PDT -
Under the Radar: The Child Abuse Bill Swap
—Thu Jun. 19, 2008 10:51 AM PDT -
Video: Will Evangelicals Go Green?
—Mon Jun. 9, 2008 1:19 PM PDT -
Behold the Sperm Remote
—Fri Jun. 6, 2008 10:45 AM PDT -
Oprah's Peace Corps Lite: O Really?
—Wed May. 28, 2008 12:01 AM PDT -
You Tube: Weezer's Genius Meme Mashup
—Sat May. 24, 2008 9:27 AM PDT -
Burma: Dispatches From a Nightmare
—Wed May. 7, 2008 1:13 PM PDT -
Books: Shelf Help for Mother's Day
—Tue May. 6, 2008 8:19 PM PDT -
MoJo Convo: Nuclear Energy
—Sun Apr. 27, 2008 9:22 PM PDT -
Geek: The Blog Room at Web 2.0 Expo
—Fri Apr. 25, 2008 6:55 PM PDT -
Easy Desserts From the Pentagon?
—Tue Apr. 15, 2008 1:28 PM PDT -
MoJo Video: Economist Nomi Prins on Death and Taxes
—Tue Apr. 15, 2008 9:55 AM PDT -
Exclusive: Read the Internal Documents Exposing the Former Secret Service Agents Who Went Through Greenpeace's Trash
—Fri Apr. 11, 2008 2:10 AM PDT -
A Tribute to Senator Metzenbaum
—Fri Mar. 14, 2008 3:07 PM PDT -
Dumpster Diving with the Defense Department
—Fri Mar. 14, 2008 2:47 PM PDT -
The Best Doctor Blog You're Not Reading
—Thu Mar. 13, 2008 1:10 PM PDT -
Out: Disneyland Rainforests. In: Freedom Land!
—Fri Mar. 7, 2008 3:49 PM PST
