Hi friend,

We've never met, but I think we're really going to hit it off.

Hi, I'm Brian Hiatt, and I'm writing Green America readers today from Mother Jones, where my job is connecting readers and would-be readers to our hard-hitting, independent journalism that exists to help bring about change—and has for 47 years now.

Are you familiar with Mother Jones? It's always such an interesting question to ask as I meet new people because folks typically light up and LOVE Mother Jones, or they've never heard of us—there's not much middle ground.

And no matter which camp you fall in, I'm certain Green America readers will find our mission-driven reporting a valuable addition to your media diet, and I'm excited to invite you to sign up for our free Mother Jones Daily newsletter today.  

I know a lot of you are probably thinking another email, no thanks. I have plenty. But I promise ours is different, so let me tell you a bit about us and then turn it over to our readers to share why they love it so much—I'd bet even some naysayers will decide to join them and sign up.

Mother Jones is a reader-supported nonprofit because even back when we got started as a scrappy magazine, in 1976, it was clear that corporations and the mega-wealthy wouldn't fund the type of investigative journalism we set out to do. We have values. We go where others in the media don't, like getting a job at a private prison to investigate what happens inside private prisons. We spend months or years looking at the forces behind the headlines, like our sweeping package about "the animal spirits of capitalism" and how private equity is looting America. We get out ahead of the big stories, focus on underreported beats, and stick with them.

We also cover much of the daily grind, though always from a different perspective. And it all gets packaged up and sent to you in our Mother Jones Daily newsletter that is written and contextualized by actual journalists. It's an easy way to help you cut through the noise and know what stories really matter, and get ahead of things with in-depth reporting and deep dives that are too rare in today's media landscape.

Sounds great, huh? Sign up today and see it in action.

It's true that part of my job is being a hype man, and we're loyal to the facts around here, so I'll finish by sharing the mic with actual readers—who had things like this to say about our Mother Jones Daily newsletter in a recent survey:

• "A daily dose of sanity."
• "A voice of reason in an otherwise cluttered internet environment."
• "Like chatting with a friend who actually knows what they’re talking about."
• "Integrity, intelligent, in touch, investigative journalism—with humor and hope."
• "My inbox is inundated daily. Mother Jones is one of the few things I tend to regularly check out!"
• "I makes me feel I'm not alone, that a lot of what I'm thinking but maybe haven't really digested, gets put into words I can digest, and not feel so unsettled."
• "What I like most about the Mother Jones Daily is hearing (reading) a voice that expresses the outrage I feel about injustices, which helps me feel validated and less alone."

See, I told you ours is different—a newsletter that delivers, well, the news, but is also like chatting with a friend, is something people actual want to read, and it can make folks feel less alone. That's something.

And we'd love to welcome a good many Green America readers to the Mother Jones community if you decide to sign up for our free Daily newsletter today.

You can't make this stuff up: The same day I wrote this email with Green America readers in mind, the Daily went out under the subject line "GOP hypocrisy on green investments, explained," from senior editor, and author of a recent book about American wealth and its discontents, Michael Mechanic.

Check it out, and if that doesn't scream Green America, I don't know that anything will ever convince you to give Mother Jones' reporting a shot.

Thanks for reading,

Brian Hiatt

Online Membership Director

Mother Jones