description: Mother Jones (abbreviated MoJo) is a American magazine featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture. The magazine caters to the left side of politics. The magazine was named after Mary Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, an Irish-American trade union activist and ardent opponent of child labor. The stated mission of Mother Jones is to produce revelatory journalism that in its power and reach informs and inspires a more just and democratic world.