Muckraking journalism at its best

This country has had a long history of socialist agitators and hell raisers though I didn't learn about any of them in the watered down c**p taught in school. Mother Jones magazine is named after one of the best, most fearless, dedicated, social justice agitators in this country's history. It's definitely not a magazine for the weak at heart, or for those who prefer to believe the corporate propaganda spewed by most of the mainstream media. Their latest issue has a fantastic cover story written by longtime Texan writer Molly Ivins on George W. Bush's oily past. It describes in great detail a tortured history of shady deals and money for access favors that should make even the conservatives among us shudder.

Other stories in this issue are:

A Job on the Line: A story of how free trade has affected two working women at opposite ends of the global assembly line.

Don’t Cry for Bush, Argentina: Foreign affairs as practiced by George W. many years ago. Shady dealings, illegal influence peddling.

To Live For Ireland: A series of moving photos of Ireland.

Prodigal Sun: The history of solar energy policy in this country. How prez Alzhimers shafted this blossoming technology in the 80s.

Ballots and Bones: Chile’s new socialist president has a tough call to make on the Pinochet issue.

Plus lots of regular features, letters, shorts, and cartoons.

This is a great mag and I, too, wish we saw it at the supermarket instead of Cosmo etc.