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THE FIRST $500,000

This is a big one: the first time we’re asking for the donations Mother Jones relies on since joining forces with the Center for Investigative Reporting. So in “Less Dreading, More Doing,” we lay it all out for you—why we merged, how we’re stronger together, and why we’re more optimistic than normal about the work ahead. It still won’t be easy. Please help us raise the First $500,000 we need by June 22.

This is big. Mother Jones just merged with the Center for Investigative Reporting, and this is the first time we’re asking for the donations we rely on. So we lay it all out for you in “Less Dreading, More Doing,” and we need to raise the First $500,000 in online donations by June 22. It won’t be easy. Please help if you can.

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Hey, it’s fundraising time again! Can you feel the excitement?

I’ll keep it short: running a magazine, a website, and four separate blogs is expensive. Real journalism always is. But the recession is affecting us the same as everyone else, and we’re running a few dollars short this year. So we’re trying to raise $50,000 before we kick off 2010, and twenty or thirty bucks from a few hundred of my readers can get us a good part of the way there.

So that’s the pitch: if you like the blog, if you like the magazine, if you like our brand of journalism, help us out if you can. Don’t starve the cats to do it, but if you can afford 10 or 25 or 50 dollars to keep us going, click here to contribute. Or go here to contribute via PayPal. It’s quick, secure, and tax deductible. Thanks!