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Investigative journalism, politics, chart-tastic, sometimes sarcastic. Voted Magazine of the Year, 2017, by the National Association of Magazine Editors.

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    Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 1 Jul 2015

    Columbia just became the first US university to divest from private prisons http://mojo.ly/1IMXG2I pic.twitter.com/h68iQylXal

    6:15 AM - 1 Jul 2015
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    • Shea Hall Francesco Rosati lillie Jason Walker yung ♉ Sankofa steven drucker #BlackLivesMatter Katy Osborn
    33 replies 786 retweets 586 likes
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      2. Charles M. Blow‏Verified account @CharlesMBlow 1 Jul 2015
        Replying to @MotherJones

        This section of the @MotherJones story gets at the obscene racial inequities of for-profit prisons...pic.twitter.com/P9rh8yjvGs

        5 replies 136 retweets 72 likes
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      2. Theodore Haskins‏ @haskinstheodore 1 Jul 2015
        Replying to @MotherJones

        @MotherJones @ranman09 They should've never been invested there in the first place! Where's the outrage? 😎

        1 reply 3 retweets 2 likes
      3. Mahogany, MBA‏ @Mahogany1992 1 Jul 2015
        Replying to @haskinstheodore

        @haskinstheodore @MotherJones @ranman09 You've got that right. The question is how many more are there?

        0 replies 3 retweets 1 like
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      2. FranciscoEnriquez‏ @justice4thefew 1 Jul 2015
        Replying to @MotherJones

        Good4them @MotherJones it should be a crime4companies 2benefit from mostly black&brown souls.

        3 replies 3 retweets 2 likes
      3. DAYNA‏ @DaynaJai 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @justice4thefew

        @justice4thefew @MotherJones S/B. Howevs corporations have gained control of govt . . . these practices will NEVER be banned w/o a fight.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. FranciscoEnriquez‏ @justice4thefew 2 Jul 2015
        Replying to @DaynaJai

        Social consciousness @DaynaJai is rising, other companies will hopefully follow & confront this blatant social injustice. @MotherJones

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Barbara Arnwine‏ @barbs73 1 Jul 2015
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        “@MotherJones:Columbia just became the first US university to divest from private prisons http://mojo.ly/1IMXG2I  pic.twitter.com/mxfQ3rjPOn”YES

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      1. Steven Carney‏ @sncarney18 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @PaulMichaelMalo #WOW I did not know Universities invested in prisons. That is #dark! I need to find out if mine does.

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      1. Theodore Haskins‏ @haskinstheodore 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @ranman09 The business of incarceration should be left to the government!

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      1. Theodore Haskins‏ @haskinstheodore 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @ranman09 This activity should be deemed inherently governmental not subject to outsourcing to private interest!

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      1. Theodore Haskins‏ @haskinstheodore 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @ranman09 It's a damn disgrace! Are there other universities invested in this industry? 😎

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      1. Mike #BoycottNRA‏ @PaulMichaelMalo 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones Only divested when outed by student #asharosa.

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      1. N C‏ @LibraWife2010 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones This is a truly sad business going on!

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      2. Michael Kull‏ @mkulltra 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @mdcolliM Excellent! So proud of them!! ALL should follow!!!

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      1. Lizy‏ @lizcriolla 1 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @AVAETC This is great. Brava,Asha Rosa !

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      1. Annie Shreffler‏ @annieshreff 2 Jul 2015
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        Wait-investing in prisons is a thing? SMDH RT @MotherJones Columbia 1st US university to divest from private prisonshttp://mojo.ly/1IMXG2I 

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