Dear Mother Jones Reader,
Right now, we’re in the final stretch of our Summer Membership Drive, one of our biggest fundraising campaigns of the year, chasing a massive $200,000 goal. And there’s no getting around it: We’re way behind where we need to be.
In extraordinary times like these, I’m always comforted to know there are so many Mother Jones readers out there who care about our democracy and the importance of a free press. I’m grateful for every Mother Jones supporter—we wouldn’t be here without you.
Some readers email us to share more about themselves, so it’s a delight to know that your ranks include nurses, social workers, teachers, professors, cattle farmers, retired people, National Park Service workers, former Army journalists. You refer to yourselves as staunch independents, cradle Democrats, moderate elders. Some of you are from other countries: as close as Canada, as far as New Zealand. Your identities run the gamut.
But you all have one thing in common: You value the truth. You’ve joined the fight against corruption and chaos by choosing independent, investigative journalism that doesn’t hold back.
If you’re able, would you stand with us today? We cannot afford to miss this goal. The dollars we raise this month will fuel our investigations for the remainder of the year. We can either go all in or pull back—and I think you know which option we’d prefer.
