Jonathan Stein

Jonathan Stein was a reporter in Mother Jones' Washington, D.C. bureau from July 2007 until May 2009. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in public policy from the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Goodbye, MoJo-land!
Fri May. 1, 2009 12:09 PM PDT

Update: Billions Have Gone to TX in Federal Disaster Aid During Perry's Tenure
Fri May. 1, 2009 6:13 AM PDT

John Murtha Airport: Earmark Reform Poster Child
Thu Apr. 30, 2009 10:06 AM PDT

Texas, Run by Secessionist Guv, Has Received More Federal Disaster Relief Than Any State
Thu Apr. 30, 2009 6:32 AM PDT

White House Photos Now on Flickr
Wed Apr. 29, 2009 8:55 AM PDT

Michael Steele, Really Bumbling Through This Specter Situation
Wed Apr. 29, 2009 6:33 AM PDT

How the Far Right Handed Dems a 60-Vote Majority
Tue Apr. 28, 2009 8:10 AM PDT

McCain's Curious Support for "Moving On"
Tue Apr. 28, 2009 5:35 AM PDT

"We Could Have Done This the Right Way"
Mon Apr. 27, 2009 11:27 AM PDT

Wall Street Pay Already Returning to Normal
Mon Apr. 27, 2009 10:11 AM PDT

Yes, We Did Execute Japanese Soldiers for Waterboarding American POWs
Mon Apr. 27, 2009 8:04 AM PDT

Employee-Driven Government Reform: A Good Idea?
Mon Apr. 27, 2009 7:50 AM PDT

Polluters Disregarded Own Scientists' Finding that Global Warming Is Man-Made
Fri Apr. 24, 2009 7:43 AM PDT

Video: Why Fighting Climate Change Is So God-Dang Hard
Fri Apr. 24, 2009 6:50 AM PDT

Huckabee Polls Within 7 Points of Obama??
Thu Apr. 23, 2009 8:35 AM PDT

After 100 Days of Obama, Optimism Returning
Thu Apr. 23, 2009 6:02 AM PDT

How Twitter Makes Vanity Acceptable
Wed Apr. 22, 2009 11:06 AM PDT

When Tea Parties Attack
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 11:34 AM PDT

A Desi's Lament
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 10:14 AM PDT

TARP Overseer Initiates 20 Criminal Probes
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 7:36 AM PDT

MN Senate Race Goes to MN Supreme Court
Tue Apr. 21, 2009 6:26 AM PDT

Video: Dissecting Portugal's Approach to Drugs
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Reviews Are Stellar for America's New CTO
Mon Apr. 20, 2009 9:07 AM PDT

The Banality of Evil
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 11:25 AM PDT

Chris Dodd's Big Money Funders
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 6:20 AM PDT

Is "ObamaRail" Coming to Your State?
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 9:09 AM PDT

Obama Shuts Down DOD Propaganda Office
Thu Apr. 16, 2009 5:45 AM PDT

GOP 2.0?
Wed Apr. 15, 2009 11:46 AM PDT

MN Public Opinion Shifts Against Norm
Wed Apr. 15, 2009 11:18 AM PDT

Glenn Beck Advocates Secession
Wed Apr. 15, 2009 6:42 AM PDT

Obama Is the Pirate-Killingest President Ever
Tue Apr. 14, 2009 12:07 PM PDT

Say It With Me: Top Marginal Tax Rates Are Not That High
Tue Apr. 14, 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Your Daily Economic Cynicism
Tue Apr. 14, 2009 8:29 AM PDT

Senator Franken, Almost
Tue Apr. 14, 2009 6:24 AM PDT

Clarence Thomas Is One Seriously Troubled Dude
Mon Apr. 13, 2009 11:01 AM PDT

Obama's Bipartisanship
Mon Apr. 13, 2009 8:05 AM PDT

Lessons in the Media Landscape
Mon Apr. 13, 2009 7:17 AM PDT

The Racial Wealth Gap, and Congress' Ignorance
Mon Apr. 13, 2009 7:00 AM PDT

1/4 of Former Lawmakers Heading to the Lobbying Ranks
Fri Apr. 10, 2009 5:51 AM PDT

How to Make Farm Subsidy Reform a Reality
Thu Apr. 9, 2009 8:11 AM PDT

Online Lobbying Disclosure -- A Big Step Forward for Transparency
Wed Apr. 8, 2009 10:36 AM PDT

Message to the Religious Right: Gay Marriage Has Nothing to Do With "Tyranny"
Wed Apr. 8, 2009 7:27 AM PDT

Really, First Read?
Wed Apr. 8, 2009 5:47 AM PDT

MN Update: Franken Lead Grows
Tue Apr. 7, 2009 10:44 AM PDT

'Fix CNBC' Petition Gaining Steam (Video)
Tue Apr. 7, 2009 6:40 AM PDT

'First Read' Folly
Tue Apr. 7, 2009 6:04 AM PDT

Fascinating Words from the Iowa Court
Fri Apr. 3, 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Explaining the March Jobs Report: Pace of Job Loss Setting Records
Fri Apr. 3, 2009 6:51 AM PDT

A Word of Caution re: Polling
Fri Apr. 3, 2009 6:43 AM PDT

The Great Paper Heist
Thu Apr. 2, 2009 12:16 PM PDT

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.

September/October 2006 Issue

Bailout & Switch

Which Hill insiders now lobby for big finance?

July/August 2009 Issue

Meet K Street's Worst Nightmare

Lisa Rosenberg is the lobbyist lobbyists hate.

Thu May. 7, 2009 3:00 AM PDT

An Inconvenient Truth for the GOP

Republicans trying to block climate change legislation are abandoned by their former corporate allies.

Wed Apr. 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT

Chris Dodd's Personal Bailout

How Big Finance is trying to keep the Senate banking chairman's imperiled political career afloat.

Thu Apr. 16, 2009 6:52 PM PDT

Party Hacks: Rebooting the GOP

Amid a "failure of our brand," can the GOP finally crack Web 2.0?

May/June 2009

Revolving Door, Bailout Edition

Why won't key lawmakers disclose contacts with ex-aides lobbying for Big Finance?

Thu Apr. 9, 2009 9:06 AM PDT

Cass Sunstein: Supreme Court Non-Starter?

Why Obama's regulatory czar probably won't be nominated to the high-court.

Thu Apr. 9, 2009 8:56 AM PDT

Climate Bill Kickoff

Finally, sweeping climate change legislation. The green crowd goes wild.

Tue Mar. 31, 2009 2:15 PM PDT

Top Geithner Aide Fought CEO Pay Reform

Mark Patterson lobbied against Barack Obama's bill to curb executive compensation.

Fri Mar. 20, 2009 2:50 AM PDT

The House (and Senate) of Ill Repute

Veteran Washington Post reporter Robert Kaiser on how lobbyists and lawmakers have given government a bad name.

Thu Mar. 12, 2009 1:05 PM PDT

Sarah Palin: More Earmark Hypocrisy

She campaigned as an anti-earmark crusader, but the omnibus spending bill contains several of her very own.

Thu Mar. 12, 2009 8:48 AM PDT

Obama's Progressive Treasury Pick

The president adds a liberal to his centrist-dominated economic team.

Wed Mar. 11, 2009 8:08 AM PDT

Congressional Data Mining: Coming Soon?

How a little-noticed provision in a House spending bill could revolutionize news.

Thu Mar. 5, 2009 10:04 AM PST

Where Is Obama's Chief Technology Officer?

Obama has yet to appoint a CTO. Techies and open government activists are getting restless.

Mon Mar. 2, 2009 3:54 PM PST

The GOP's Misguided Energy

A hearing on climate change legislation foreshadows a possible GOP strategy of distraction.

Wed Feb. 25, 2009 6:48 AM PST

17 Players Who Could Make or Break Cap and Trade

Are Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, and Van Jones hot? Or not? You decide.

March/April 2009

The Stimulus Goes Green

The $789 billion recovery package wasn't all enviros hoped for. In some cases, it was more.

Thu Feb. 12, 2009 1:06 PM PST

Hail to the Geek

Lawrence Lessig's brief take on the buggy system Obama' chief technology officer will inherit.

January/February 2009 Issue

DC: The 51st State?

It's a little-known fact that Barack Obama supports statehood for Washington, DC. But local activists are still crossing their fingers for congressional representation.

Wed Dec. 10, 2008 12:00 AM PST

What Obama Has to Look Forward To

A new GAO report says he inherits a federal government rife with waste, fraud, and mismanagement.

Mon Dec. 8, 2008 12:00 AM PST

The GOP's Internet Insurgents

Republican techies are rising up against a party that can't reboot.

Thu Nov. 20, 2008 12:00 AM PST

Cleaning House

Where do defeated members of Congress go? First stop, a basement purgatory on Capitol Hill.

Mon Nov. 17, 2008 12:00 AM PST

Retool the Wonkforce

The Capitol's move to sugarcane plates and cornstarch cups was a good start. What's left to clean the House?

November/December 2008 Issue

The Republican Excuse-O-Meter

This fall's top five scandal-tinged congressmen and their "official" reasons for retiring.

November/December 2008 Issue

Photo Essay: No Justice, No Peace, No Convention

Protestors at the RNC.

Mon Sep. 1, 2008 12:54 PM PDT

Whither the Bushwhacked?

Our guide to which administrationites hit the private sector with a splash, a thud, or a shrug. Plus, who landed in jail.

Sun Aug. 24, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

Bush's Biggest Achievements

Yes, when not steering the country into domestic and international crisis, the president did get some things right.

Sun Aug. 24, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

Obama: Change Africa Believes In

Traveling through Kenya and Tanzania, a Mother Jones writer finds locals rallying behind the man they see as the "tribal chief of the world."

Tue Aug. 12, 2008 12:47 PM PDT

What's John McCain's Technology Policy? It Doesn't Exist.

Surprise—he doesn't have one. And how does that compare to Barack Obama?

Sun Jul. 6, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

All You Need to Know About Obama's VP Options

Now that Obama has nearly clinched the nomination, who's on tap to be his running mate? Your guide to the contenders.

Mon Jun. 2, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

McCain's Troubling Relationship With the Revolving Door

While the Arizona senator was decrying Washington's "revolving door," his own staffers were zipping back and forth through it.

Mon May. 26, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

What's Wrong With the Farm Bill

The President of the Environmental Working Group explains why the farm bill that just passed Congress represents a monumental opportunity lost.

Thu May. 15, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

Out of Commission

An ongoing Senate deadlock over FEC nominees could mean the federal government's electoral referee is sidelined during the 2008 elections.

Sun Apr. 20, 2008 11:00 PM PDT

McCain to Be Booted From Non-Profit's Board for Lack of Straight Talk

With no response from John McCain on its survey of issue positions after nine months, the voter-education nonprofit is poised to boot the Arizona senator off its board.

Sun Apr. 6, 2008 11:00 PM PDT