All Eyes On Obama
Our continuing coverage of the presidential transition. —By Mother Jones staff

Treasury's Blank Check
Congress is seeking answers on Henry Paulson's bailout "bait-and-switch." —By Nick Baumann

Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan
A serious discussion about an exit strategy from the Afghan disaster hovers on the horizon.  —By Tariq Ali

The Summum of All Fears
Can a fringe religious sect that believes in mummifying pets and their owners force a landmark Supreme Court decision on free speech? —By Stephanie Mencimer

Hedging Their Bets
Called onto the congressional carpet, top hedge fund managers signal they're finally ready to deal on regulation.  —By Nick Baumann

Diet for a Warm Planet
The secret to cutting carbon? A dieting support group.  —By Julia Whitty

Marriage Fortification
Prop 8 isn't discrimination. It's marriage fortification—just check out these happy, heterosexual couples.  —By Mark Fiore

Grappling With Gitmo
Barack Obama has said he wants to shut down Guantanamo. That's the easy part. What matters is what he does next.  —By Bruce Falconer

Are the Dems Plotting to Hush Rush?
Right-wingers are claiming Democrats intend to knock Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity off the airwaves by reviving the Fairness Doctrine. Here's why that's hot air. —By Stephanie Mencimer

Can Washington Make Sense of North Korea?
If Obama and his advisors look at North Korea clearly, they can resolve the longest-lived conflict that the United States currently has with another country. —By John Feffer

The Iraq Math War
Why the CDC and the Pentagon sought to discredit the first scientific tally of Iraq's civilian death toll.  —By Robin Mejia

Can We Save the Planet and Rescue the Economy at the Same Time?
America's next moon shot.
 —By Al Gore

No Breathing Space in Washington
Leave Obama to political Washington, and he'll break your heart.  —By Tom Engelhardt

The Case of the Missing Emails
Why a federal court rejected White House efforts to derail a lawsuit over internal emails.  —By Nick Baumann

David Plouffe, Democratic Party Chief?
The Dems need an uber-operative like this one to take the place of Howard Dean. —By David Corn

Public School For the Obama Girls, Please?
Dear President-elect Obama: I would like to respectfully request that you seriously consider sending your kids to DC public schools. —By Stephanie Mencimer

And Now, Back to the Economy
Under Obama, will taxpayers still fund Wall Street's bonuses?  —By Nomi Prins

Reform Groups Pressure Obama on Campaign Finance
Not yet on the job, President-elect Barack Obama is already facing calls to make good on his campaign promise to "fix" Washington. —By Nick Baumann

The Energy Challenge of Our Lifetime
Of all the challenges facing President Obama next January, none is likely to prove as daunting—or important to the future of this nation—as that of energy.  —By Michael T. Klare

Obama Wins and Redefines Real America
In a historic win, Barack Obama becomes America's first black president. But the meaning of his victory extends far beyond race. —By David Corn

The Great Persuader
Like FDR and Reagan, Obama can move a crowd. But can he do what they did and move the country forward?  —By Kevin Drum

Day of the Citizen
Tuesday the world changed. It was a great day.  —By Rebecca Solnit

MoJo Video: Scenes from Obama's Final Rally
Obama supporters share their hopes for a new administration at the final rally of the campaign in Manassas, Virginia.  —By Tay Wiles and David Corn

Lame Duck?
With the election over, our current President can finally get down to business launching the George W. Bush Freedom Liberry and Family Fun Center.  —By Mark Fiore

Getting Ready for President McBama
Congressional intelligence maven Jane Harman made friends in the Bush administration. Now she wants a top job in the next one.  —By Laura Rozen

Howard Phillips' World
Could Howard Phillips' Constitution Party pick up the pieces of the Grand Old Party?
 —By Adele M. Stan

Do Cell Phones Kill 1,000 People a Year?
In June 2003, the Bush administration nixed a report on the dangers of gabbing while driving. Six months later, a Michigan 12-year-old became another statistic. —By Myron Levin

Studs Terkel, RIP
Reporting giant Studs Terkel died Friday at the age of 96, forthcoming book at his bedside. In 1995, Mother Jones interviewed the master interviewer on his craft.  —By Dale Eastman

Medicare's Poison Pill
Remember Bush's signature health care initiative? My life depends on it—and that's not very reassuring.  —By James Ridgeway

Fear of a Black President
How a potential Obama presidency became a rallying cry for white supremacists.  —By James Ridgeway

Bush-o-crats Burrow In
Some of Bush's political appointees aren't about to give up their jobs over a mere presidential election.  —By Daniel Schulman

MoJo Video: Palin for President?
At a Virginia rally, Sarah Palin's supporters said they are not giving up on 2008, but if McCain goes down they're looking forward to putting Sarah first. —By Tay Wiles, Jonathan Stein, and David Corn

Relief Disaster
Foreign assistance to African nations hard-hit by AIDS could have been the administration's greatest success. Then ideology interfered. —By Joshua Kurlantzick

Alan Shrugged
Regulation's not bad for markets after all. Ayn Rand, on the other hand, might be.
 —By David Corn

Guises of Financial Horror
Make your Halloween the scariest one ever, particularly if you're heavily invested in the market.  —By Mark Fiore

Republican Nosedive
A snapshot of the changing political landscape in a working-class Pennsylvania county—and what it means for the election.  —By Robert S. Eshelman

UBS's Siren Song
Wondering where all those CEO bonuses went in the current economic meltdown? Here's how bankers hid their cash and cheated the IRS. —By Peter Stone

Praying for Palin
In Colorado Springs (a.k.a. the "Evangelical Vatican"), people still flock to megachurches and Sarah Palin rallies—but the power of the Christian right is fading. —By James Ridgeway

Meet the Mormons against "Adam and Steve"
Notes from a pro-Prop. 8 rally. —By Elizabeth Gettleman

Al Qaeda in Iraq's Deadly Diaspora
Are Iraq's battle-hardened jihadis exporting their tactics to new fronts?  —By Bruce Falconer

Credit Rating Exec: "We Sold Our Souls to the Devil"
Internal documents show that while rating firms publicly defended their practices, executives privately wondered when the house of cards would fall. —By Nick Baumann

After W, Will the Press Get a Spine?
Having failed to nail Bush for his fabrications and fibs, can the mainstream press do a better job of policing political and presidential prevarication this campaign season, and beyond?  —By David Corn