Maddie Oatman
@moatman
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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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Joined November 2008
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
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After being recruited by the world's largest meatpacker, they faced grueling conditions on the line. Is the worst yet to come?
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“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
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Haitian meatpacking workers are in the crosshairs of Trump's mass deportation agenda.
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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"
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People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.
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@sjmichaels 4/ And @nlanard reveals how Latino support for California Democrats is the lowest it's been for decades—and what that might mean for control of the House.
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To flip the chamber, Democrats need to pick up seats in the state. But if the polls are right, support for the party among California Latinos is at the lowest level in decades.
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@sjmichaels 3/ @sjmichaels also wrote an in-depth profile of Ryan Khojasteh, the guy challenging SF DA Brooke Jenkins, who is convinced the city has gotten too tough on teen crime
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A DA challenger hopes to persuade voters that the incumbent has gone too far—at least when it comes to juveniles.
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2/ Oakland is weighing two recalls and inflated fears about crime. Who is behind all of the doom-loop messaging? @sjmichaels investigates a spin doctor on the offensive
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How spin doctor Sam Singer hyped a crime wave as voters weigh two recalls.
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1/ California voters, @MotherJones reporters are bringing you the illuminating stories you won't find anywhere else. Some must-reads today:
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Photos: Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by the US's supposed "equality of social conditions." Nearly 200 years later, the Our Democracy team—Andrea Bruce @RBecksLee @LorraineUstaris—set out to provide an updated record.
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A photographer, a videographer, and a journalist retrace the steps of Alexis de Tocqueville.
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In case you’re looking for a fun (if infuriating) #longread this weekend, check out @H_Lev’s great piece on the private equity billionaire wreaking havoc in Newport, Rhode Island:
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The private equity mogul's extreme mansion makeover is driving his neighbors nuts.
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“I enjoy my high carbon lifestyle,” the Project 2025 mastermind trolled the audience at a New York climate event today, @jackiefmogensen writes
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"I enjoy my high carbon lifestyle," he told the audience at a New York climate event.
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Deciding that you no longer want to advocate for a path to citizenship as part of immigration reform "is as political as the act of advocating for it was." Mark Zuckerberg isn't done with politics, writes @timothypmurphy, his politics have just changed.
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The billionaire is making nice with Trump and scaling back his giving. Some rebrand.
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"Repeal the 19th Amendment." "Make America white again." Those are some of the rallying cries of the extremely online TheoBros—and politicians appear to be listening. Fantastic reporting by @kieraevebutler
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These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
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I keep hearing abt friends' partners or colleagues saying Kamala's unrealized capital gains tax proposal is turning them away from her. Seriously?! You have $100million dollars?!!
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Even if Congress goes for it, and SCOTUS allows it, hey, you're not worth $100 million.
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You can read more about this fascinating new science and the cultural forces that have held it back, in the original story I wrote for @MotherJones here
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Why has it taken science so long to take it seriously?
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It was such a treat to be interviewed yesterday by the amazing @ailsachang on @NPR 's All Things Considered about my piece on the exciting medical potential of menstrual blood–she did such a good job putting me at ease
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NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Mother Jones’ Maddie Oatman about her recent reporting revealing how menstrual blood has long been an overlooked source of key medical information.
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Oh, I hate to hear this.
Well, it's official: @hakaimagazine is ceasing publication at the end of the year because our funding is being cut. I'm incredibly sad for my colleagues, for the freelance community, for the journalism ecosystem as a whole, and for myself. Editing for Hakai has been a dream.
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2. "Rags to Riches," @moatman "[A]s galling as it is exciting, a rare combination." https://t.co/8EphtlqpVu
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Why has it taken science so long to take it seriously?
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Today SCOTUS overturned Chevron deference, which had long been a target of conservatives—especially those seeking to disassemble environmental regulations. @jackiefmogensen reports
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And how SCOTUS could help it come to fruition.
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Chevron deference has been a conservative target for more than a decade. Today, the Supreme Court followed suit. I wrote about one conservative who has called for the end of Chevron with notable passion and consistency: Former Trump attorney John Eastman.
John Eastman didn't just come out of nowhere. He lived an entire legal life before Donald Trump. I spent weeks examining Eastman's writings, speeches, and legal work on environmental law over the last 40 years. A clear theme emerges:
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Thank you @Longreads and @seywarddarby for picking my story on the race to understand-and profit from-period blood as an Editor’s Pick
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"The race to understand—and profit from—period blood."
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