Mother Jones Magazine - May/June 2025

In this issue

Clearview AI’s far-right founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their facial recognition dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration. Mother Jones national correspondent Tim Murphy writes that Maxwell Frost is learning the ropes of Congress and showing his older colleagues how to punch back in the age of Trump. Elsewhere, reporter Hannah Levintova reveals that one of America’s biggest private hospital chains is deadly and bankrupt—thanks to its private equity overlords. Also in this issue, the story of Haitians who came to America, only to endure brutal working conditions under the world’s biggest meatpacker, and now face deportation.

HOW TO DRIVE ELON MUSK DOWN

If you think mass protests can't combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.

6 mins

THE GREAT PRETENDER

A fake campaign loan could have ended Andy Ogles' push for MAGA fame. Then Trump won again.

6 mins

SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER

How hybrid homeschools hoover up your state tax dollars

5 mins

GUARANTEED FAILURE

Cash transfer programs are gaining steam, but our current bureaucracy is obscuring their potential.

6 mins

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

Clearview Al's far-right founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their facial recognition dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.

10+ mins

GET CAUGHT FIGHTING

MAXWELL FROST IS LEARNING THE ROPES OF CONGRESS AND SHOWING HIS OLDER COLLEAGUES HOW TO PUNCH BACK IN THE AGE OF TRUMP.

10+ mins

Immigrants on the Line

They fled Haiti only to endure brutal working conditions at a Colorado plant run by the world's biggest meatpacker. Now they face deportation.

10+ mins

ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL OPERATORS IS BANKRUPT, BROKEN. AND RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTLESS MISTREATED PATIENTS— THANKS TO ITS PRIVATE EQUITY OVERLORDS.

She'd never been one to take the easy route, and besides, she wanted to get things moving-and walking seemed the best way to do it.

10+ mins

THE BRUTAL AESTHETICS OF MAGA

Proximity to power might rely on a specific look.

8 mins

RAIN CHECK

The economic case for preserving America’s wetlands

4 mins

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