
Maddie Oatman
Writer and Senior Editor at Mother Jones
Writer + Senior Editor at Mother Jones; CO native drawn to big mountains and sunshine. Have my eye on stories about culture, environment, and the West.
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Dec 27, 2024 |
motherjones.com | Maddie Oatman
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
19thnews.org | Maddie Oatman
Published On a Wednesday in early March, a lab scientist named Carlo removed a paper strip containing a dried blood sample from a plastic envelope. He inserted it into a contraption resembling a large hole punch, and I watched as a small wine-colored disc dropped into a test tube. Next, he would add a buffering solution and feed the tube into a chemistry analyzer, a machine resembling a short tanning booth that scanned the sample for a glucose level indicator.
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Mar 11, 2024 |
motherjones.com | Pema Levy |Inae Oh |David Corn |Daniel Schulman |Maddie Oatman |Joseph Winters | +6 more
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Mar 7, 2024 |
motherjones.com | Maddie Oatman
Membership Ticker AN IMPORTANT UPDATEIt’s the early days in our first fundraising drive since we took a big swing and merged with CIR to bring fearless investigative reporting to the internet, radio, video, and everywhere else that people need an antidote to lies and propaganda. Donations have started concerningly slow. Your support really is everything for our reporting, and we need it right now. Learn more and please pitch in if you can.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
motherjones.com | Maddie Oatman
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Water is life. It’s also big business. In our November + December 2023 issue, Mother Jones dives into the West’s deepening water crisis—and the forces behind it, from historic drought to short-sighted policies to corrupt lawmakers and the special interests they serve. Read the full package here. A dusty old map changed the course of Aaron Million’s life.
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The meatpacking industry relies on immigrant/refugee labor—it will collapse without them. So why kick them out? “I think it’s just hatred against people with different skin color.” Our investigation with @fernnews https://t.co/CQtpW9b6q5

“I was hoping America to be better than back home,” says Tchelly Moise, a Haitian immigrant. “Someone needs to be held accountable for this, because this is not okay anywhere.” This week on @reveal , a collaboration with @FERNnews https://t.co/eDZYpRTCmJ

In one of the most powerful essays we've run in recent months, @eminietfeld makes a brave, incisive case for rethinking the popularity of "The Body Keeps the Score" https://t.co/acwiJ5WEDc