Schuyler[Sky-ler] Mitchell

is a journalist covering politics and power. She lives in Brooklyn.

Schuyler Mitchell
about
I'm currently an assistant editor at Mother Jones, writing about surveillance, civil liberties, and dissent. Before that, I was a columnist at Truthout and an associate editor at The Intercept. I've contributed research to investigative features at Business Insider and New York magazine; projects I've worked on have won George Polk, Livingston, and Silver Gavel Awards.

After graduating from Pomona College in 2020, I got my start in journalism as an intern at Los Angeles Magazine, which I juggled while completing DoorDash deliveries and SEO content writing gigs. I was born in Texas and raised in North Carolina.
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writing
environment
Trump Clears Path For Plastic Industry’s Fake Recycling Fix
the lever
Garbage In, Toxics Out: They Promised "Advanced Recycling" for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste
the intercept
As North Carolina Flooded, My Home State Turned From Climate Haven to Calamity
truthout
The Myth of Safe Plastics Persists, Despite Risk of Disasters Like East Palestine
the intercept
Democrats Don't Need to Back Fracking to Win Pennsylvania
jacobin
Trump Reelection Looms Over COP29 as Climate Conference Continues to Disappoint
truthout
Unproven "Advanced Recycling" Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies
the intercept
prisons, protests, policing
Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week
the intercept
LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.
the intercept
In 2024 Platform, Democrats Lurch Right on Policing and Immigration
truthout
North Carolina GOP Is Trying to Corner Prosecutors Into Charging Protesters
truthout
Inside the Nationwide Campaign to Intimidate Students Protesting for Gaza
the intercept
Meet the Military Contractor Running Fare Collection in New York Subways — and Around the World
the intercept
labor
Hit Hard by Hurricane Helene, Georgia's Immigrant Farmworkers Struggle to Get Aid
truthout
After 86 Years, Disabled Workers Could Finally Receive Minimum Wage Protections
truthout
Amazon Union Effort in North Carolina Is Latest Attempt to Organize the South
truthout
Ford's Battery Flagship Socked by Mold Sickness, Workers Say
labor notes
health
We Are About to Learn What a Post-Truth Approach to Public Health Feels Like
truthout
Universal Health Care Was Big on the 2020 Democratic Platform. Where Is It Now?
truthout
The Right's Creeping Pro-Natalist Rhetoric on Abortion and Trans Health Care
the intercept
Ticket to Ride: Ambulance Rides Still Aren't Protected From Surprise Billing — and Subscriptions Do Little to Help
the intercept
COVID Conditions Have Improved, but Staffers at This East L.A. Hospital Aren't Letting Down Their Guard
los angeles magazine
culture
Pinkwashing the Timeline
the baffler
Froyomonium
dirt
How Did L.A. Become a City Without Lesbian Bars?
los angeles magazine
Find all of my Intercept bylines here. Find all of my Truthout bylines here.
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research
The Father-and-Son Duo Who Toppled Our Trust in Vaccines
new york magazine
The True Cost of Data Centers
business insider
How Did Two Elite Students Fall for the Zizians Cult?
new york magazine
The Gutting of the Eighth Amendment
business insider
Armed and Untouchable
business insider
The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring
the intercept
The Cash Before the Killing
the intercept
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interviews
The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, 2025 WORT-FM A Public Affair, 2025 In the Meanwhile, 2025 The Majority Report, 2024 Rattling the Bars, 2024 Duke University Environmental Law Society, 2024 WBAI-FM Green Street News, 2023 go back
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