Ashley Dejean
Mother Jones
Washington, DC, United States
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How to Fight With a Trump Target on Your Back. Stories of Hope and Survival From Our Trans Readers. –
"No king, tyrant, pope, autocrat, or dictator has been able to erase us." → Read More
It’s Been a Tough Few Weeks for Transgender Folks. We Want to Hear Your Voice. –
How has Trump's rollback of trans rights affected you? → Read More
Everything you wanted to know about midterm polling but were afraid to ask
Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. In this week’s episode of The Mother Jones Podcast, host Jamilah King talks with some of today’s best interpreters of polling about the shortcomings of the dark art and what it can actually tell us about what’s going to happen in the upcoming midterm elections. While most election forecasters predict Democrats will win the House… → Read More
Parkland Teens: Instead of Calling Us Saviors and Superheroes, Go Vote –
It doesn't have to be a debate about the Second Amendment. → Read More
A Former Klansman Talks About How He Left a Life of Hate
"The fact that I believed that shit is embarrassing to me." → Read More
Dan Pfeiffer Doesn’t Believe That the Pope Endorsed Trump –
The "Pod Save America" star tells David Corn how Democrats can fight back against right-wing propaganda → Read More
“He Grabbed My Butt. I Dumped an Entire Tray With 10 Glasses of Red Wine on Him.” –
Readers share their disappointment, outrage, and determination after #MeToo hit restaurants. → Read More
This Kafkaesque Nightmare Shows Just How Absurd the Travel Ban Is
Trump’s controversial executive order is keeping many loved ones apart—this couple has it especially hard. → Read More
Has #MeToo Changed Your Relationship With Restaurants? –
We want to hear from you. → Read More
Jessica Jones Had Her #MeToo Moment in Season One. Now She’s Having an Identity Crisis. –
Creator Melissa Rosenberg breaks it down. → Read More
“I Feel Like a Prisoner in the Most Free Country In The World” –
We asked people how the travel ban changed their lives—here's what they told us. → Read More
Politics Doesn’t Have to Be Dire. Meet the Young, Smart, and Openly Trans Leader Making the Future Brighter. –
Sarah McBride's new memoir is titled "Tomorrow Will Be Different." → Read More
How a Former Felon Became a Kitchen Ninja –
Chefs go from serving time to serving frog legs in this Oscar-nominated short documentary. → Read More
We Asked for Your Favorite Hidden Figures From Black History. Your Responses Were Powerful.
A. Phillip Randolph, center, pressured Roosevelt to bar employers from racial and ethnic discrimination when hiring for federal and war-time jobs in the months leading up to the U.S. entering World War II. Clockwise starting from the upper left corner: Fannie Lou Hamer, Pauli Murray, Bayard Rustin, and Percy L. Julian.Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our… → Read More
Black History is Full of Hidden Figures—Help Us Honor Them
"Usually we go from the civil war and somehow magically end up in the civil rights movement." → Read More
We’re Collecting Stories About Immigrants Affected By Trump’s Travel Ban –
Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. About a year ago, President Donald Trump signed one of his most controversial executive orders—one that banned citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days. Swift backlashed followed, with massive protests at major airports and legal challenges to what’s… → Read More
The Women’s March Never Ended. These Stats Prove It. –
She persisted. → Read More
These 17 Books Made 2017 a Little Less Terrible for Our Readers –
Everything helps. → Read More
Hey, Readers! Tell Us What Books Got You Through 2017.
It's been quite a year. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren is Taking Her War with Donald Trump to the Streets –
The battle for control of the financial watchdog agency she launched heats up. → Read More