Skip to main content
  • Donate
  • Donate
  • Subscribe
Got tips? Get in touch confidentially.
  • Newsletters
  • Politics
  • Environment
  • Criminal Justice
  • Guns
  • Race
  • Gender + Sexuality
  • Food
  • Podcast
  • Video
  • Magazine
Got tips? Get in touch confidentially.
Subscribe to our magazine
50 Years of Fearless Journalism
  • Politics
  • Environment
  • Criminal Justice
  • Guns
  • Race
  • Gender
  • Food
  • Podcast
  • Video
  • Magazine
  • Newsletters

Membership Ticker

To meet this moment, we need YOU.

For five decades, Mother Jones has been exposing the corruption that the powerful would rather keep buried. That fight for the truth is at a pivotal point, and it takes readers like you to make it possible. We need to raise $200,000 this month to fuel fearless investigative journalism that can make a difference right now. Help us meet the moment, today.

$20,000
$200,000

To meet this moment, we need YOU. That fight for the truth is at a pivotal point, and it takes readers like you to make it possible.We need to raise $200,000 this month to fuel fearless investigative journalism that can make a difference right now. Help us meet the moment, today.

$20,000
$200,000

  • Chris Vazquez

    Chris Vazquez is a freelance social video producer. Before collaborating with Mother Jones, he worked for The Washington Post and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit newsroom that covers the U.S. criminal justice and immigration systems. He lives in Chicago, and he's probably listening to a nine-hour long X-Men podcast right now.


    • Latest
    • A pairing of two photos divided by a red arc On the right is a journalist, who is young with a curly head of hair with a fade on the sides, holding a copy of Marco Rubio's autobiography "An American Son." On the left is a photo of a group of people, many wearing sunglasses, holding Venezuelan flags as they cheer.

      Trump’s Wars Are Splintering My Home Town Ahead of the 2026 Midterms

      Chris Vazquez

    • A graph showing a large red arrow moving upward at an increasing rate on a blue background. Overlaid on top is a clip from a video where a man is looking at a bill and exclaiming that it is very expensive.

      My Health Care Costs Are Going Up. So I Made a Video Series Figuring Out Why and Who’s to Blame.

      Chris Vazquez

    • Still images from five video interviews with Americans describing their concerns about health care; featured are three women and two men. The images are place on a blue grid background with red arrows that point up and to the right.

      What Seven Americans Think of Rising Health Care Costs

      Chris Vazquez

    Mag Promo

    Independent. In print. In your mailbox.

    Inexpensive, too! Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $19.95.

    Mother Jones Magazine Cover : May + June 2026 June 2026
    Mother Jones Magazine Cover : March + April 2026 April 2026
    Mother Jones Magazine Cover : January + February 2026 February 2026
    podcast

    Bold. Brave. Beautiful.

    Award-winning photojournalism.
    Stunning video. Fearless conversations.

    Follow us on Instagram >

    Looking for news you can trust?

    Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

    Close
    Thank you for subscribing!

    By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners.

    • About
    • Our Staff
    • DEI&B
    • Financials
    • Careers
    • Freelance Guidelines
    • Contact Us
    • Support
    • Ways to Give
    • Advertise With Us
    • Licensing / Reprints
    • Store
    • Subscribe
    • Magazine Subscriptions
    • Give a Gift Subscription
    • Email Newsletters
    • Customer Service

    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

    Copyright © 2026 Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting. All Rights Reserved.

    • Terms of Service
    • Privacy Policy

    Powered by WordPress VIP

    We see you're using an ad blocker...

    And we respect that! But maybe you’d consider supporting our work directly? Right now, we need to raise $200,000 to fund more journalism that seeks the truth and holds power to account. We can’t miss this goal—and we can’t do this work without you. Give today.

    We noticed you have an ad blocker on. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism?

    close

    Don't let an algorithm decide what news you see.

    Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.

    Close
    Thank you for subscribing!