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Monika Bauerlein
Editor-in-Chief
Monika and her coeditor, Clara Jeffery, have headed Mother Jones since 2006. The two women were honored with a National Magazine Award for General Excellence for their rookie year. Since taking the helm, they have expanded the bimonthly magazine into a full-on, 24/7 news organization, opening a seven-person Washington bureau headed by David Corn, hiring blogosphere pioneer Kevin Drum, and relaunching MotherJones.com.
Monika started out in journalism by typing other people's manuscripts on archaic word processors and researching politics for a Middle Eastern helicopter merchant. She wrote for a range of newspapers, magazines, and public radio programs before joining City Pages, the Village Voice sister paper in Minneapolis/St. Paul; in her eight years at Mother Jones, she has focused on developing political and investigative reportage. She lives in Oakland with her husband and their three children.
Author's Articles
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The Climate Countdown
Stop the dithering and give our kids a chance.
—Mon Oct. 12, 2009 7:00 AM PDT -
The Price of Truth
Sure, information …
—Mon Aug. 31, 2009 5:46 PM PDT -
This Is Your War on Drugs
Since 1998, the drug czar has been mandated to lie…
—Wed Jul. 1, 2009 5:38 PM PDT -
Learning From the CEOs
Sticking up for one another has worked great for them…
—Sun Apr. 19, 2009 2:12 PM PDT -
Editors' Note: March/April 2009
Want to fix the country? Fix food.
—Fri Feb. 27, 2009 6:55 PM PST -
Mother Jones Goes Open Source
We've relaunched. Here's why.
—Tue Feb. 10, 2009 5:04 PM PST -
Why the Mess Obama Inherits Might Be His Greatest Opportunity
As long as we're sticking our kids with the bailout…
—Wed Jan. 7, 2009 12:00 AM PST -
Can Greed Be Green?
Why Al Gore and T. Boone Pickens think so.
—Sat Nov. 8, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Don't Let the Screen Door Hit You, Mr. President
Compared to W, Herbert Hoover is starting to look…
—Mon Sep. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
What The Daycare Crisis and the Housing Meltdown Have in Common
Two editors, two mothers, and one major magazine award…
—Tue Jul. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Our New Energy Crisis
From the May/June 2008 Issue
—Thu May. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT -
Editors' Note
From the March/April 2008 Issue
—Fri Feb. 22, 2008 12:00 AM PST -
Editors' Note
From the January/February 2008 Issue
—Tue Dec. 11, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Editors' Note
From the November/December 2007 Issue
—Fri Nov. 2, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
Editors' Note
From the September/October 2007 Issue
—Mon Aug. 20, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
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From the July/August 2007 Issue
—Mon Jul. 2, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
Editors' Note
From the May/June 2007 Issue
—Wed Apr. 25, 2007 12:00 AM PDT -
Editors' Note
From the March/April 2007 Issue
—Thu Mar. 1, 2007 12:00 AM PST -
Editors' Note
From the November/December 2006 Issue
—Wed Nov. 1, 2006 12:00 AM PST -
Darfur's Scorched Earth
Sudan's militias and refugee camps.
—Thu Sep. 1, 2005 2:01 PM PDT -
Scorched Earth
In Darfur, the survivors of genocide at the hands…
—Thu Sep. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT -
The Business of Poaching
It's brutal, secretive, and fully globalized.
—Fri Jul. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT -
Rhymes With Fire
—Tue Jul. 1, 2003 12:00 AM PDT
Author's Blog Posts
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Watch: How GM is displacing indigenous Brazilians to create offsets for its SUVs
—Wed Nov. 4, 2009 8:42 AM PST -
Make Your Own MoJo Climate Cover!
—Fri Oct. 23, 2009 4:25 AM PDT -
Fix the Climate, or the Kid Gets It
—Wed Oct. 14, 2009 9:36 PM PDT -
Will Ahmadinejad Free the Hikers?
—Wed Sep. 23, 2009 12:01 AM PDT -
9/11: Truth, Trutherism, and Truthiness
—Thu Sep. 10, 2009 7:11 PM PDT -
Families of Hikers Detained in Iran Speak Out
—Wed Aug. 19, 2009 9:46 PM PDT -
Get Your Kevin Fix
—Sat Aug. 15, 2009 9:49 AM PDT -
Kevin Drum at Netroots Nation
—Fri Aug. 14, 2009 10:16 PM PDT -
Mother Jones Responds to Fiji Water
—Thu Aug. 13, 2009 11:39 AM PDT -
Obama Sips It, Celebs Love It--How Did Water From a Junta-Ruled Country Go Eco-Chic?
—Wed Aug. 12, 2009 2:00 AM PDT -
Detained Hikers' Families Make Statement
—Tue Aug. 11, 2009 11:12 AM PDT -
Detained Writer's Mother Jones Piece Now Online
—Tue Aug. 11, 2009 4:00 AM PDT -
Details on Mother Jones Contributor Shane Bauer, Missing in Kurdistan
—Thu Aug. 6, 2009 11:36 AM PDT -
Video: Nomi Prins Dishes on Goldman
—Thu Aug. 6, 2009 1:30 AM PDT -
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho): Hey MoJo, You're Awesome!
—Thu Jul. 23, 2009 12:32 PM PDT -
How Many Late-Term Abortion Doctors are Left?
—Mon Jun. 1, 2009 5:25 AM PDT -
Somali Pirates: Another Thing To Thank George W. Bush For?
—Tue Apr. 14, 2009 10:51 PM PDT -
Come see Rachel Maddow (in SF)--ticket giveaway
—Wed Mar. 25, 2009 2:51 PM PDT -
We Rock! Three "Magazine Oscar" Nominations for MoJo
—Wed Mar. 18, 2009 3:19 PM PDT -
What Do Men Want (To Read)?
—Wed Feb. 18, 2009 10:22 PM PST -
Is This Site Slow?
—Tue Feb. 17, 2009 3:55 PM PST -
You Are the Best Readers Ever
—Tue Jan. 6, 2009 1:09 PM PST -
Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living: Goodbye Al Meyerhoff
—Sat Dec. 27, 2008 3:38 PM PST -
How Would You Say "Goodbye, George W. Bush"? Tell Him
—Thu Dec. 25, 2008 10:09 PM PST -
This is Almost Too Easy
—Tue Dec. 23, 2008 2:00 PM PST -
Our Writers Are Even More Amazing Than We Thought: Nomi Prins' Challenge to Readers
—Mon Dec. 22, 2008 1:40 PM PST -
Did Bernie Madoff Bilk Mother Jones? (From the Editors)
—Wed Dec. 17, 2008 12:42 PM PST -
Kindergarten Landslide
—Mon Nov. 3, 2008 11:46 PM PST -
Bush: "This Sucker Could Go Down"
—Thu Sep. 25, 2008 10:59 PM PDT -
Maybe It's Not Sexist, But Let's Leave It Alone Anyway
—Thu Sep. 4, 2008 1:43 PM PDT -
Peggy Noonan's Chutzpah
—Thu Sep. 4, 2008 12:07 PM PDT -
McCain Strikes Blow for Womanhood (You Heard Me!)
—Sat Aug. 30, 2008 12:06 AM PDT -
Welcome Inkblot, Domino, and Kevin Drum
—Tue Aug. 19, 2008 12:42 PM PDT -
Iowa Isn't Quite What You Think: Remember Jesse Jackson in '88
—Thu Jan. 3, 2008 9:39 PM PST -
The Great German Immigrant Panic (aka John Derbyshire Is Just Too Aggravating To Ignore)
—Thu Oct. 18, 2007 10:52 PM PDT -
Bush Vietnam Speech: We Have Met the Enemy, and It Is You
—Thu Aug. 23, 2007 4:37 AM PDT -
More Wikipedia Fun (Waaaaah!)
—Sun Aug. 19, 2007 12:06 AM PDT -
Bridge Collapse: Whose Roads Are They Anyway?
—Thu Aug. 2, 2007 1:53 PM PDT -
Thank You, Molly Ivins
—Wed Jan. 31, 2007 10:31 PM PST -
D'oh! We Still Don't Have Any Good Iraq Intel
—Tue Jan. 30, 2007 2:01 AM PST -
You Go Katie Couric (Er, Um)
—Thu Jan. 18, 2007 10:33 PM PST -
The Two Faces of Bill Gates: Or How to Kill Those You Love the Most
—Sun Jan. 7, 2007 11:02 PM PST -
World War III: Saudi Arabia vs. Iran?
—Fri Dec. 22, 2006 10:38 AM PST -
Now We're Holding American POWs?
—Mon Dec. 18, 2006 10:39 AM PST -
Posse Comitatus, We Hardly Knew Ye
—Tue Dec. 5, 2006 12:07 AM PST -
Nicaragua to South Dakota: On Abortion, We've Got Your Back
—Mon Nov. 20, 2006 12:02 AM PST -
Bush's New Family Planning Czar: Like Appointing Dennis Kucinich as SecDef
—Fri Nov. 17, 2006 12:55 AM PST -
Cheney: The Business Record Revisited
—Sat Nov. 11, 2006 11:54 PM PST -
Gates, Rumsfeld, and Bush's "Truth Issues"
—Fri Nov. 10, 2006 1:28 AM PST -
Congress' First Muslim is From...
—Tue Nov. 7, 2006 9:16 PM PST -
Chalabi: Debacle in Iraq? Don't Blame Me. Blame Wolfowitz
—Sat Nov. 4, 2006 11:27 PM PST -
It Depends on What the Definition of "Victory" Is
—Thu Nov. 2, 2006 10:53 PM PST -
Abramoff and the White House: More Than Photo Ops
—Sun Oct. 15, 2006 1:44 AM PDT -
South Dakota Abortion Referendum (Remember That One?) Almost Too Close to Call
—Mon Oct. 9, 2006 12:46 AM PDT -
Rove's Gal Friday Quits (Or How Often Do You Get Jack Abramoff, Bruce Springsteen, and Andrea Bocelli In One Headline?)
—Fri Oct. 6, 2006 11:28 PM PDT -
Maybe the Question Is: Who Didn't Know About Foley?
—Tue Oct. 3, 2006 11:29 PM PDT -
Cheney Channeled Ghorbanifar (After All)
—Tue Oct. 3, 2006 1:38 AM PDT -
Texas to DC: Don't Fence Me In
—Sun Oct. 1, 2006 5:08 PM PDT -
Woodward, Kissinger, Vietnam--Let's Do The Time Warp Again
—Sat Sep. 30, 2006 11:13 PM PDT -
They've known about Foley for almost a YEAR?
—Sat Sep. 30, 2006 10:47 PM PDT -
Free Trade Love
—Fri Sep. 29, 2006 2:17 AM PDT -
Hurricane W
—Wed Sep. 27, 2006 11:32 PM PDT -
Bush's Great Awakening (And Great Smelling of Coffee)
—Wed Sep. 13, 2006 2:15 AM PDT -
Torture Insurance: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
—Wed Sep. 13, 2006 1:50 AM PDT -
It's a Good Day to Take Out the (9/11) Trash
—Sat Sep. 2, 2006 1:11 AM PDT -
Stop Global Warming and Get Rich Too? Only in California
—Thu Aug. 31, 2006 1:55 AM PDT -
Blackwater Update: How They Got Those Contracts
—Mon Aug. 28, 2006 11:45 PM PDT -
Blackwater: Soldiers Or Contractors?
—Mon Aug. 28, 2006 2:35 AM PDT -
Thanks for Keeping Our Profits Up. Sorry, Can't Afford a Raise.
—Mon Aug. 28, 2006 2:22 AM PDT -
When is a Soldier a Murderer?
—Mon Aug. 28, 2006 1:16 AM PDT -
If Talking About Dams is Suspicious, Let's Investigate Bush
—Sun Aug. 27, 2006 1:39 AM PDT -
A Good Day in Baghdad: Only 20 Dead
—Tue Aug. 22, 2006 10:57 AM PDT -
Economy Down, Crime Up: Only a Miracle Can Save us Now?
—Mon Aug. 21, 2006 10:39 PM PDT -
Who'd You Rather Read, Gary Webb or Judy Miller?
—Fri Aug. 18, 2006 2:38 AM PDT -
Is Al Qaeda Finished? No, Really
—Sun Aug. 13, 2006 12:16 AM PDT -
It's All About Iran
—Fri Aug. 11, 2006 11:58 PM PDT -
Israel Allowing Hezbollah Attacks for PR?
—Thu Aug. 10, 2006 12:40 AM PDT -
What Part of "Outrages Upon Personal Dignity" Don't They Understand?
—Wed Aug. 9, 2006 1:42 AM PDT -
EPA: An Unknown Risk is an Acceptable Risk
—Thu Aug. 3, 2006 1:32 AM PDT -
EPA Insider: Agency a "Private Industry Licensing Program"
—Wed Aug. 2, 2006 1:11 AM PDT -
Bush Advisor: Oil Future "Looking So Ugly Nobody Wants to Face It"
—Tue Aug. 1, 2006 10:23 PM PDT -
Army: If They Screw up, Promote 'em?
—Wed Jul. 26, 2006 12:42 AM PDT -
Talk to women about embryos? What, is he crazy?
—Thu Jul. 20, 2006 11:59 AM PDT -
We'll tell you what you said, but don't tell anyone, OK?
—Thu Jul. 13, 2006 11:55 PM PDT -
Ill Wind
—Thu Jul. 13, 2006 12:02 AM PDT -
Could he be talking about Karl Rove?
—Wed Jul. 12, 2006 12:11 AM PDT -
Next assignment: Enron
—Tue Jul. 11, 2006 11:54 PM PDT -
"Incestuous, undemocratic, and potentially corrupting"
—Mon Jul. 10, 2006 11:56 PM PDT -
Sorry about that 16 months of your life; here's a pair of sneakers
—Fri Jul. 7, 2006 1:52 AM PDT -
What do they do, sell the stuff on Ebay?
—Thu Jul. 6, 2006 12:06 AM PDT -
"God has no pleasure in the legs of a man"
—Wed Jul. 5, 2006 12:40 PM PDT -
Revealed! How the Republican Party really works (and why Hillary will be the nominee, and...)
—Mon Jul. 3, 2006 2:42 PM PDT -
Deep, cleansing breath
—Fri Jun. 30, 2006 1:27 AM PDT -
All We Need to Know We Learned from Tom DeLay
—Thu Jun. 29, 2006 3:00 PM PDT -
Scientists want libraries? What next?
—Thu Jun. 29, 2006 11:00 AM PDT -
The Day Senator Bunning Read the Newspaper
—Wed Jun. 28, 2006 10:40 PM PDT -
And Spitup is the New Black
—Mon Jun. 26, 2006 12:02 AM PDT -
"A broader surge in populist organizing"
—Sun Jun. 25, 2006 11:51 PM PDT -
The Haditha Soundtrack
—Sat Jun. 24, 2006 12:40 AM PDT -
Will the real 20th hijacker...
—Thu Jun. 22, 2006 3:06 PM PDT -
More ways to wreck whale ears
—Tue Jun. 20, 2006 11:51 PM PDT -
Can't We Just Have a Moment of Silence?
—Tue Jun. 20, 2006 1:39 PM PDT -
Faster, Pussycat! Drill! Drill!
—Tue Jun. 13, 2006 3:54 PM PDT -
Next villain, please
—Tue Jun. 13, 2006 3:13 PM PDT
