Stories by Mac McClelland

Mac is Mother Jones' human rights reporter, writer of The Rights Stuff, and the author of For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story From Burma's Never-Ending War. subscribe to Mac McClelland's feed

Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

Posted on: Jul 18, 2013, Source: Mother Jones

It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife, but it's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists and leave families to face mental illness all on their own.

The Ravages of War Related PTSD Spread to Partners and Children of US Soldiers

Posted on: Feb 26, 2013, Source: Mother Jones

The heartbreaking story of a family's secondary trauma.

What Happened When I Got a Job at a Soul-Crushing, Abusive Warehouse

Posted on: Feb 29, 2012, Source: Mother Jones

My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine.

The Nasty Truth About the Online Retailers You Probably Used for Your Holiday Shopping

Posted on: Dec 23, 2011, Source: Mother Jones Online

The workers who box the stuff we order online are often treated terribly.

Ohio: Ground Zero for Conservatives' Soul Crushing Agenda

Posted on: Oct 24, 2011, Source: Mother Jones

A look inside John Kasich's Ohio, where workers make minimum wage, live under threat of layoff, and many spend every day on the verge of desperation.

Mac McClelland on PTSD, Haiti and Women Writing About Sex

Posted on: Jul 6, 2011, Source: Ms. Blog

Human rights reporter Mac McClelland knew there would be controversy when she published her piece "I’m Gonna Need You to Fight Me on This: How Violent Sex Helped Ease my PTSD."

Inside Sean Penn's Tent City in Haiti

Posted on: Oct 20, 2010, Source: Mother Jones

Almost a year after the earthquake, the lives of many Haitians are filled with unimaginable horrors.

"I'm a Nervous Wreck": Gulf Fishermen's Wives Face Trauma, Domestic Abuse, Economic Insecurity

Posted on: Jun 28, 2010, Source: Mother Jones Online

The wives of the men whose livelihoods have likely been destroyed by the BP spill forever, grapple with an uncertain future and air their rage.

A Louisiana Tea Party for More Oil Drilling

Posted on: Jun 23, 2010, Source: Mother Jones Online

Plenty of non-crazy folks in Louisiana want to keep the oil industry chugging along, but for Louisiana Tea Partiers, it's all about Obama.

Gulf Clean Up Workers Subjected to Drug Tests and Immigration Raids

Posted on: Jun 9, 2010, Source: Mother Jones

Is this new disaster response protocol?

Gonzo Journalist Mac McClelland on the Badass Group Battling Violence and Repression

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet

In "For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question" Mac McClelland chronicles the 60-year genocide the Burmese government has waged against an ethnic minority.

Food Bills Getting You Down? Try Dumpster Diving

Posted on: Mar 31, 2008, Source: AlterNet

If you're disgusted with our culture of waste, wasting resources, wasting money, then swallow your pride and start sifting through supermarket trash.

What a Choice! Sex With a Sleaze for $100,000 or Writing for Peanuts

Posted on: Feb 27, 2008, Source: Mother Jones

Sites like SugarDaddy.com lure young women by offering them far more money than they could get in most professions. What's wrong with this picture?

Nudism: A Healthier Lifestyle or a Bunch of Hype?

Posted on: Jan 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Two travelers bare it all in Australia but fall short of finding naked bliss.

It Ain't Easy Peeing Green

Posted on: Nov 12, 2006, Source: Orion Magazine

A woman realizes that while going to the bathroom ecologically meant peeing on trees and lawns, and working with a poo-only toilet, all she wanted was something that flushed and that she could sit down on.