Rachel Morris

Rachel Morris is the former Articles Editor in the Washington bureau of Mother Jones, where she wrote and edited political stories, with a particular focus on environmental issues. Previously she was an editor at the Washington Monthly and an assistant editor at Legal Affairs. Follow her on Twitter here. Get my RSS

White House Takes Question About Question Time
Wed Feb. 3, 2010 2:22 PM PST

Nuclear Lab Accidentally Blows Up Building
Wed Dec. 23, 2009 11:16 AM PST

Obama's Copenhagen Deal: Real Or Not?
Fri Dec. 18, 2009 7:21 PM PST

Breaking: Obama Announcing Deal
Fri Dec. 18, 2009 2:10 PM PST

Tiny Tuvalu Makes Big Waves at Copenhagen
Wed Dec. 9, 2009 5:38 PM PST

What Melody Barnes Said About Gay Marriage
Fri Nov. 13, 2009 8:35 AM PST

Final Defense Budget Mostly Business As Usual
Thu Oct. 8, 2009 9:00 AM PDT

Need To Read, September 28, 2009
Mon Sep. 28, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Today in Climate Maneuvering
Thu Sep. 24, 2009 1:20 PM PDT

Senate to Vote On Vitter's Anti-Climate Czar Amendment
Thu Sep. 24, 2009 12:40 PM PDT

G20: Punting On Climate Funding for Poor Countries?
Thu Sep. 24, 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Obama Comes Through On Nukes
Wed Sep. 23, 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Will the Senate Sink Copenhagen?
Fri Sep. 18, 2009 7:31 AM PDT

Another Pre-existing Condition? C-Sections
Thu Sep. 17, 2009 1:09 PM PDT

Domestic Abuse: A Pre-existing Condition
Thu Sep. 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT

The White House's Weak Response to the Climate Bill Delay
Thu Sep. 17, 2009 7:25 AM PDT

Reid: Climate Bill May Be Pushed Back to 2010
Wed Sep. 16, 2009 8:42 AM PDT

Was An Anti-Abortion Protestor Gunned Down For His Beliefs?
Fri Sep. 11, 2009 1:24 PM PDT

Need to Read, September 11, 2009
Fri Sep. 11, 2009 3:00 AM PDT

Snubbing Ahmadinejad
Tue Sep. 8, 2009 1:17 PM PDT

Steele Goes Postal on Health Care Reform
Fri Aug. 21, 2009 9:39 AM PDT

Need To Read, August 21, 2009
Fri Aug. 21, 2009 1:00 AM PDT

Need to Read, August 20, 2009
Thu Aug. 20, 2009 1:00 AM PDT

Need To Read, August 19, 2009
Wed Aug. 19, 2009 1:00 AM PDT

Special Ops Can Gather Crucial Intel—But Lack Tools to Use It
Tue Aug. 18, 2009 8:07 AM PDT

Need To Read, August 18, 2009
Tue Aug. 18, 2009 2:00 AM PDT

What Was Tom Daschle Doing On Meet The Press?
Mon Aug. 17, 2009 1:26 PM PDT

What Obama Should Have Learned From The Gipper
Mon Aug. 17, 2009 8:41 AM PDT

Need To Read, August 17, 2009
Mon Aug. 17, 2009 2:00 AM PDT

Grumpy Old Senators
Fri Aug. 14, 2009 1:04 PM PDT

Secrets of the White House, Via Flickr
Fri Aug. 14, 2009 9:05 AM PDT

Rove's Lies
Fri Aug. 14, 2009 7:58 AM PDT

Need to Read, August 14, 2009
Fri Aug. 14, 2009 6:00 AM PDT

Need To Read, August 13, 2009
Thu Aug. 13, 2009 3:00 AM PDT

The TARP Time Bomb the Media Missed
Wed Aug. 12, 2009 7:27 AM PDT

Need to Read, August 12, 2009
Wed Aug. 12, 2009 2:00 AM PDT

The Health Care Lobby, Now In Convenient Map Form
Tue Aug. 11, 2009 8:49 AM PDT

Need to Read: August 11, 2009
Tue Aug. 11, 2009 1:00 AM PDT

Oklahoma to Obama: You're OK
Mon Aug. 10, 2009 11:09 AM PDT

Need To Read: August 10, 2009
Mon Aug. 10, 2009 5:00 AM PDT

Would You Like Some Rocket Fuel With That Tap Water?
Thu Aug. 6, 2009 7:49 AM PDT

The EPA vs. the Perchlorate Lobby, Take Two
Thu Aug. 6, 2009 7:03 AM PDT

Rachel Paulose at the SEC?
Wed Aug. 5, 2009 8:10 AM PDT

Newsflash From North Korea
Tue Aug. 4, 2009 1:36 PM PDT

A Brief History of Sleaze
Tue Aug. 4, 2009 10:59 AM PDT

A Lobbyist By Any Other Name Smells Just As Bad
Mon Aug. 3, 2009 8:55 AM PDT

Inside the Jawad Case: One Hopping Mad Judge
Fri Jul. 31, 2009 7:17 AM PDT

The Loneliness of the Anti-Earmark Crusader
Thu Jul. 30, 2009 7:48 AM PDT

Obama's Veto Logic
Wed Jul. 29, 2009 8:57 AM PDT

Robin Givhan's North Korean Doppelganger
Sat Jul. 25, 2009 5:58 PM PDT

Tuvalu v. ExxonMobil?

The coming tide of transnational climate lawsuits.

May/June 2010 Issue

MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, February 19, 2010
Mon Feb. 22, 2010 4:40 PM PST

MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, January 29, 2010
Fri Jan. 29, 2010 7:29 PM PST

MoJo Podcast: Week in Review With Kevin Drum and David Corn, January 15, 2010
Tue Jan. 19, 2010 6:25 PM PST

MoJo Podcast: Kate Sheppard on Copenhagen

MoJo's environmental reporter shares her experiences on the scene at Copenhagen.

Mon Dec. 14, 2009 4:46 PM PST

What Happens When Your Country Drowns?

Meet the people of Tuvalu, the world's first climate refugees.

November/December 2009 Issue

The Price of Health Reform: Abortion Rights?

Why Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more radical than you think.

Mon Nov. 9, 2009 1:08 PM PST

The Melting Climate Change Deadline

Has cap-and-trade legislation stalled in the Senate?

Fri Sep. 11, 2009 3:40 AM PDT

Shock and Audit: The CliffsNotes Version

We dissect the Pentagon's budget so you don't have to.

September/October 2009 Issue

Meet the Birthers

Who are these people, really?

Sun Aug. 9, 2009 5:21 PM PDT

Mission Impossible

Is defense reform a lost cause? Part 5 of a <i>Mother Jones</i> special report.

Fri Jun. 26, 2009 5:00 AM PDT

Shock and Audit: The Axis of Pork

Saxby Chambliss (R-Lockheed) and other foes of defense reform. Part 4 of a <i>Mother Jones</i> special report.

Thu Jun. 25, 2009 5:00 AM PDT

Shock and Audit: Where’s My Flying Tank?

A quick refresher on Robert Gates' "no-brainer" defense cuts—and the programs he should have axed.

Wed Jun. 24, 2009 5:00 AM PDT

Shock and Audit: Operation Overrun

And you thought $600 toilet seats were bad. Part 2 of a <i>Mother Jones</i> special report on the defense budget.

Tue Jun. 23, 2009 3:00 AM PDT

Shock and Audit: The Hidden Defense Budget

What the Pentagon really spends. Part 1 of a <em>Mother Jones</em> special report.

Mon Jun. 22, 2009 3:00 AM PDT

Could Cap and Trade Cause Another Market Meltdown?

Wall Street wants to open up a massive carbon derivatives market. Here we go again.

Mon Jun. 8, 2009 4:00 AM PDT