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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Fun Petrochemical-Accident Fact of the Day
Sat Apr. 2, 2011 7:11 AM PDT

"Be A Man of Your Word and Dish Out This Money."
Thu Mar. 31, 2011 12:22 PM PDT

BP: Still (!) Keeping the Public From Seeing The Oil
Wed Mar. 30, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

McSweeney's Goes to Burma
Thu Mar. 24, 2011 3:14 PM PDT

More on New Gulf Drilling Permits
Wed Mar. 23, 2011 3:07 PM PDT

Oil Is Washing Up in Louisiana—Again
Tue Mar. 22, 2011 12:54 PM PDT

How to Kick Ass: The Video
Fri Mar. 18, 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Disappearing Journalists
Wed Mar. 16, 2011 4:59 PM PDT

What Makes a Hate Crime a Hate Crime?
Wed Mar. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The New York Times' Rape-Friendly Reporting
Wed Mar. 9, 2011 12:25 PM PST

Meanwhile, in Ohio…
Wed Mar. 9, 2011 8:00 AM PST

Happy International Women's Day
Tue Mar. 8, 2011 1:01 AM PST

Deconstructing MoJo's Haiti Reconstruction Story
Fri Mar. 4, 2011 11:55 AM PST

Bringing Qaddafi to Justice
Thu Mar. 3, 2011 11:52 AM PST

BP's Back in Deep Water, Baby!
Wed Mar. 2, 2011 12:56 PM PST

More Tips for Kicking Ass Before Yours Gets Grabbed…Or Worse
Fri Feb. 25, 2011 1:00 AM PST

Beware the "Dirty Handshake"
Thu Feb. 24, 2011 2:12 PM PST

Why Won't the UN Do Anything About Libya?
Thu Feb. 24, 2011 4:00 AM PST

What Journalism Might Learn from the Lara Logan Story
Tue Feb. 15, 2011 7:08 PM PST

Two Unsettling Conversations About Upcoming Assignments
Tue Feb. 15, 2011 1:47 PM PST

Tips for Dick-Kicking
Fri Feb. 11, 2011 3:00 PM PST

Hanging with the Robber Barons of Haiti
Wed Feb. 9, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Well-Spent Dollars in Afghanistan
Tue Feb. 8, 2011 9:00 AM PST

Priorities! Or, Malawi's Flatulence Law
Wed Feb. 2, 2011 5:48 PM PST

UN Memo: Just in Case Haiti Blows Up...
Tue Feb. 1, 2011 5:31 PM PST

Remembering the Holocaust's Roma (or Not)
Fri Jan. 28, 2011 4:30 AM PST

Gay Ugandan Activist Murdered
Thu Jan. 27, 2011 9:08 AM PST

Photo of the Day: Promises Promises
Wed Jan. 26, 2011 4:59 AM PST

Earthquakes Don't Kill People, Bad Governments Kill People
Mon Jan. 24, 2011 4:37 AM PST

Haiti's Rape Crisis: An Update
Fri Jan. 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Why Did Baby Doc Come Back?
Wed Jan. 19, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Haiti's Orphans, Still Waiting for Homes
Tue Jan. 18, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Baby Doc Is Back
Sun Jan. 16, 2011 7:31 PM PST

"When White People Are Here, We Can Get Milk"
Fri Jan. 14, 2011 4:00 AM PST

"Today Is a Day To Remember"
Wed Jan. 12, 2011 2:20 PM PST

Clinton, Ninjas, and Protests: Snapshots Of Haiti
Wed Jan. 12, 2011 1:21 PM PST

Rebuilding Haiti for the Rich
Tue Jan. 11, 2011 4:00 AM PST

In Search of Progress in Haiti
Mon Jan. 10, 2011 4:00 AM PST

A (Too) Small Victory for Gay Ugandans
Fri Jan. 7, 2011 9:10 AM PST

Sexual Harassment and Other Occupational Hazards
Wed Jan. 5, 2011 10:00 AM PST

No Haiti, No Louisiana Purchase
Mon Jan. 3, 2011 4:00 AM PST

The Cover of the Mother Jones
Mon Dec. 20, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Looking for Charitable Christmas Gifts?
Fri Dec. 17, 2010 9:07 AM PST

Execution Joke of the Day
Thu Dec. 16, 2010 1:12 PM PST

The Price of Covering the BP Oil Spill
Wed Dec. 15, 2010 5:11 PM PST

Haiti Votes, Then Burns
Wed Dec. 8, 2010 4:11 PM PST

What Next for San Fran's Sit/Lie Law?
Wed Dec. 8, 2010 11:26 AM PST

How to Help Haiti
Mon Dec. 6, 2010 5:07 PM PST

Terrifying Widget of the Day
Tue Nov. 30, 2010 11:56 AM PST

What's Happening in Haiti: Elections Edition
Mon Nov. 29, 2010 12:00 PM PST

Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife. It's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists, and leave families to face mental illness on their own.

May/June 2013 Issue

Listen: Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.
Wed Apr. 24, 2013 11:26 AM 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