July/August 1997
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DEPARTMENTS
OUTFRONT
Hart Ache; Update: Winners and Sinners of the MoJo 400; Paper Cuts; Slip-Sliming Away; MoJo's August Hellraiser!; Card Trick; Nicole Hollander
HOME/PLANET
Greening your closet.
WELLBEING
A case for hormone therapy.
OUTSPOKEN
Legal scholar Randall Kennedy.
HOT!MEDIA
Resources for advanced hellraising.
PAULA POUNDSTONE
See Span Bore
PLUS: Letters to Paula
FEATURES
Margaret AtwoodInterview by Marilyn Snell
Canada's premier novelist doesn't let anyone off the hook.
Unsanitary Behavior
By Jacques Leslie
The dirt on hospital disinfectants.
PLUS: The Red Cross connection.
All Bets Are Off
By April Lynch
Citizens groups have won some key battles in the gambling wars.
Heavy Betting
By April Lynch
A Mother Jones special investivgation.
A state-by-state look at where the gambling moguls are placing their biggest bets.
World Wide Wagering
By Sandra Rosenzweig
The global village becomes the global casino.
PLUS: One final bet.
A Probe Not Taken
By Rachel Burstein and Janice C. Shields
Investing throught a government agency pays off for the politically connected.
SPECIAL SECTION: THE WORKIN' LIFE
"I Like My Job"
Interviews by Ann Monroe and Marci Baker
That's The Spirit
By Milton Moskowitz
There's a new corporate enthusiasm to nurture "soul." Is it for real?
Brave New Work
By Josh Clark
Eight experts on where our jobs are headed.
20 Better Places to Work
By Milton Moskowitz
Got to Give to Get
By Daniel Yankelovich
After the downsizing wave, managers must work harder to regain worker trust.
Cover illustration by Nick Dewar
Photograph of Newt Gingrich by Gary Boas/AdMedia/Newscom
