Mac McClelland

Mac McClelland

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Mac is Mother Jones' human rights reporter, writer of The Rights Stuff, and the author of For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story From Burma's Never-Ending War.

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Romney Wins Coveted Sugar Daddy Endorsement
Tue Jan. 17, 2012 12:36 PM PST

Burma Halts War With Karen Rebels…For Now
Thu Jan. 12, 2012 12:33 PM PST

Today in Ridiculous Homophobic Comments
Wed Jan. 11, 2012 12:40 PM PST

Love Letters for Veterans
Fri Jan. 6, 2012 9:20 AM PST

Did Your Haiti Donations Ever Get Spent?
Thu Jan. 5, 2012 3:00 PM PST

My (Fake) Interview With Jeff Bezos
Tue Jan. 3, 2012 12:19 PM PST

Rick Perry Is an Idiot, Gay-Rights Edition
Sun Dec. 11, 2011 3:58 PM PST

Hillary's Hopes for Burma
Mon Dec. 5, 2011 10:57 AM PST

We Interrupt This Blog…
Mon Nov. 7, 2011 7:30 AM PST

The Latest From Ohio
Wed Oct. 26, 2011 2:19 PM PDT

Are Qaddafi's Killers War Criminals?
Fri Oct. 21, 2011 12:07 PM PDT

The US vs. LRA Showdown
Mon Oct. 17, 2011 1:09 PM PDT

Way to Go, Ohio!
Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Inside a Haitian Women's Prison
Tue Oct. 11, 2011 7:27 AM PDT

The Blue Angels' Psychological Warfare
Mon Oct. 10, 2011 2:23 PM PDT

Stat of the Day: Don't-Lend-College-Students-Money Edition
Wed Oct. 5, 2011 3:21 PM PDT

Speaking of War Criminals
Tue Oct. 4, 2011 2:42 PM PDT

Ohio Governor Gets a Raise While Slashing Public Services
Mon Oct. 3, 2011 8:19 PM PDT

Fear and Loathing in Congo
Thu Sep. 29, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Ohio Could Become Most Anti-Choice State Yet
Wed Sep. 21, 2011 11:20 AM PDT

The Real Price of Amazon's Free Shipping
Tue Sep. 20, 2011 3:01 AM PDT

Putting the Pope on Trial
Mon Sep. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Today in Deepwater Horizon Updates
Wed Sep. 14, 2011 1:42 PM PDT

Ohio's Employment Picture: Bleak and Bleaker
Mon Sep. 12, 2011 5:22 PM PDT

Ohio Declines Federal Unemployment Funds for Battered Women
Thu Aug. 25, 2011 11:16 AM PDT

False Report of Qaddafi's Son's Arrest Hurts ICC, Supposedly
Tue Aug. 23, 2011 1:18 PM PDT

Fun With Tax-Cut Comparisons
Wed Aug. 17, 2011 3:59 PM PDT

Unfriendly Fire
Wed Aug. 17, 2011 3:16 PM PDT

Quote of the Day, Ohio State Senator Edition
Mon Aug. 15, 2011 3:49 PM PDT

The Hague's Last Yugoslavian Fugitive Gets Nabbed
Thu Jul. 21, 2011 8:45 PM PDT

Farewell, Ohio
Fri Jul. 15, 2011 7:50 AM PDT

A Visit to the Warehouse of Soul-Crushing Sadness
Tue Jul. 12, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Life After the Death of Collective Bargaining
Wed Jul. 6, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

"I don't have to put my child in pageants now."
Thu Jun. 30, 2011 10:38 AM PDT

My Sister The Squatter
Tue Jun. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

"Recessions don't affect people like me."
Fri Jun. 24, 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Don't Quit My Day Job
Thu Jun. 23, 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Ohio Dispatch: Can My Friend Get a Job Interview?
Wed Jun. 22, 2011 9:34 AM PDT

Friday Copycat Blogging Redux
Fri Jun. 17, 2011 5:28 AM PDT

Who's Getting Screwed by Ohio's Budget Cuts?
Tue Jun. 14, 2011 10:01 AM PDT

The Best Place to Work in Ohio
Mon Jun. 13, 2011 7:44 AM PDT

Friday Copycat Blogging
Fri Jun. 10, 2011 11:59 AM PDT

"No Jobs To Be HAD"
Thu Jun. 9, 2011 8:40 AM PDT

Greetings From Ohio
Tue Jun. 7, 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Fact-Checking Haiti's Death Toll
Wed Jun. 1, 2011 3:47 PM PDT

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Qaddafi Arrest Warrant
Mon May. 16, 2011 6:41 AM PDT

A Nuremberg for Libya?
Sun May. 15, 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Will the International Criminal Court Go After Qaddafi?
Tue May. 10, 2011 2:44 PM PDT

7 Questions About the International Criminal Court Answered
Fri Apr. 8, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Africa Ho! (And How You Can Help)
Thu Apr. 7, 2011 6:25 PM PDT

Is PTSD Contagious?

It's rampant among returning vets—and now their spouses and kids are starting to show the same symptoms.

January/February 2013 Issue

I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave

Read the story that was nominated for a 2013 National Magazine Award.

March/April 2012 Issue

New Orleans Gets a Good Defense Lawyer

After Hurricane Katrina, the Big Easy's public defense system went from crappy to scrappy. But it's still struggling to stay afloat.

January/February 2012 Issue

An Ode to Fact-Checking

Mike Daisey, Fareed Zakaria, Jonah Lehrer, Niall Ferguson: Amid the truth-mangling epidemic, a shout-out to what it takes to get to the facts of the matter.

Wed Dec. 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Pity the Elf Slaves of Online Shipping

Every time you click "Place Order," a warehouse worker weeps.

Tue Dec. 20, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Gay Ugandans Come Out Fighting

Hate speech, death threats, and "corrective rape" haven't stopped them from confronting a new wave of homophobia.

January/February 2012 Issue

Ohio's War on the Middle Class

Wherein I go home, watch public servants get axed, visit the warehouse of unbearable sorrow, hang with jobless thirtysomethings in abandoned homes, and consider whether my generation is screwed.

November/December 2011 Issue

After Years of Living Large in Congo, Indicted Warlord Turns Himself In

Wherein I track Congolese war criminal Bosco Ntaganda to his lair—right next to the largest peacekeeping force in the world.

September/October 2011 Issue

Aftershocks: Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell

Dispatches from the tent cities, where rape gangs and disaster profiteers roam.

January/February 2011 Issue

A Fistful of Dollars

Crime is rampant. The cops and courts are a joke. That's why residents of Oklahoma's Indian nations turn to a bruiser-for-hire like Ruben.

November/December 2010 Issue

Haiti Dispatch: Inside Sean Penn's Tent City

First thing I learned: Whatever you do, don't go near the latrines.

Wed Oct. 20, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

"It's BP's Oil"

Running the corporate blockade at Louisiana's crude-covered beaches.

Mon May. 24, 2010 12:14 AM PDT

Blood Rubies: Are Your Dollars Propping Up Burma's Junta?
Wed Mar. 3, 2010 5:01 AM PST

Burma's Crazy, Fearless—and Victorious?—Rebels

Living with the young men who risk life and limb to document the dictatorship's genocide.

March/April 2010 Issue

Film: The Order of Myths

Inside Alabama's (still) segregated Mardi Gras.

January/February 2009 Issue

When All-American...Isn't

From apple juice to condoms, a short list of domestic products that aren't.

November/December 2008 Issue

O Say Can You Buy?

Why going "Made in the USA" for a week left me hungry, broke, and half-naked.

November/December 2008 Issue

Consumer Retorts: Hewlett-Packard

Any idea where in the world this printer came from?

November/December 2008 Issue

East Coast/West Coast Energy: The #$%* Is On!

Which side of the country is greener? Um, Germany.

May/June 2008 Issue

Bhutan's King Charming Is an Oxford Man

Meet the monarch hottie who just got the world's newest democratic body.

Fri Feb. 1, 2008 3:52 PM PST

SugarDaddy.com: Old Dogs, New Tricks

Old dogs, new tricks

January/February 2008 Issue

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox

Reckon So Productions. <i>88 minutes</i>.

November/December 2007 Issue

Heart Like Water: Surviving Katrina and Life in Its Disaster Zone

Writer, publisher, and man-about-town Joshua Clark defied the mandatory evacuation that preceded the 2005 storm and hunkered down in his French Quarter apartment with his girlfriend and a radio.

Wed Aug. 29, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Prom in New Orleans

Despite gutted budgets and half-empty classrooms, students at UNO find something to celebrate.

Mon Aug. 27, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Is There a Doctor on the Base?

Military Physicians

July/August 2007 Issue