July/August 2005 – Mother Jones

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Domestic Violence A Special Report Underfunded shelters. Unenforced restraining orders. Will cops, Congress, and the Supreme Court leave women with no safe haven?

FEATURES No Safe Haven In the coming months, Congress and the Supreme Court will signal whether we are advancing in our fight against domestic violence, or in retreat The Unforgiven By Jennifer Gonnerman Shelley Hendrickson killed her abusive husband and went to jail. Then an old friend began a campaign to free her — and 10 other women. The Counselor By Sara Catania Patricia Prickett set out to beat the violence and ended up in the belly of the beast, working with the LAPD. P L U S : Roe v. Laci Military base crimes Good Courts: Problem-solving justice Taking away battered women’s kids A New Order in the Court The Pentagon v. Abuse Unintended Consequences: same sex marriage law and domestic violence Domestic Violence: The Numbers (Sources) Resources for Getting Involved				Scrimmage on the Border By Michael Scherer Vigilantes and camera crews were amassing in the Arizona desert, but the real standoff was in Washington, as fear of immigration invaded the halls of Congress. Home Sour Home By Randall Patterson When Jordan Fogal’s new house turned out to be a lemon, her builders and the Texas authorities thought they could handle things quietly. They didn’t know Jordan Fogal. The Business of Poaching Photographs by Patrick Brown Text by Monika Bauerlein Giant pythons, orangutans, exotic pangolins — everything is “product” in the brutal underworld of animal trade. Long Road Home By Alan Light Who would produce an album that honors Chicano culture, slams L.A. politics, condemns eminent domain, and has a UFO alien as emcee? Why, Ry Cooder, of course.

DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note Masthead Contributors Backtalk OUTFRONT Fair, Not Balanced; Trashing the AARP with Grandma Green; swashbuckling legal strategy against Coke and Unocal; cheap drugs in the capital; slash and splash on the Mexican coast; and what we don’t want to see when we look at Iraq EXHIBIT The Road to Nowhere A nation of workaholics sings the summertime blues. SIGNS ALONG THE ROAD The Days of Bread and Roses By Joann Wypijewski Organized labor is on the ropes; can it find salvation in the union movement’s revlolutionary origins? EXPOSURE China’s masses of production Photograph by Michael Wolf MEDIA JONES Bullshit, in the literary sense; journo-cartoonist Joe Sacco discusses Bosnia, Palestine, and comic-book heroics; the secret life of garbage; titanic titles; plus more book, music, and film reviews RE:ACTION Resources for getting involved P.S. Additional Bush Nominees Cartoon by Peter Kuper

Cover illustration by Dan Page