👤 Samantha Michaels

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-10 – 2026-10-31
Claims per article
103
516 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
13,802
characters
Writes for Mother Jones.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
60%
Crime & Law
40%
Most-tagged topics
ICECaliforniaAmericaBlackDemocraticDemocratsEl PasoLos Angeles County

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.41 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-29 · Mother Jones · Politics
Trump’s Attempts to Interfere in the Midterms Have Been “Complete Failures”
19 outlets covered this event
2026-10-31 · Mother Jones · Politics
Volunteer Poll Monitors Are Hoping for a Smooth Election Day, But Training for Trouble
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-27 · Mother Jones · Crime & Law
The Crime Issue Is Kryptonite for Democrats. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-05 · Mother Jones · Politics
“You Kidnapped My Son”
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-09-10 · Mother Jones · Crime & Law
Memphis Has Spent a Year Under Federal Occupation. ICE Would Rather You Didn’t Notice.
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-10 · Mother Jones
Memphis Has Spent a Year Under Federal Occupation. ICE Would Rather You Didn’t Notice.
🔮 You might not have heard about this just because there’s a lot going on (gestures everywhere). assertive
2026-10-05 · Mother Jones
“You Kidnapped My Son”
🔮 For several days this spring, trapped inside a Texas immigration detention center, Luis made frantic phone calls, one after the other, to everyone he could think of. assertive
2026-10-27 · Mother Jones
The Crime Issue Is Kryptonite for Democrats. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
🔮 In June 2025, before Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City, he went on a popular internet show called Subway Takes. assertive
2026-10-29 · Mother Jones
Trump’s Attempts to Interfere in the Midterms Have Been “Complete Failures”
🔮 The administration is also trying to stop officials in California and Los Angeles County from counting 20,000 mail-in ballots that the administration claims could be coming from noncitizens. assertive
2026-10-31 · Mother Jones
Volunteer Poll Monitors Are Hoping for a Smooth Election Day, But Training for Trouble
🔮 In addition to learning how to respond to typical problems—like if a polling place isn’t wheelchair accessible or doesn’t open on time, or political activists show up with signs—volunteers are prepping for scenarios that would have seemed unfathomable under past administrations: What if ICE shows up at the polls, or the National Guard? assertive
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