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Jeffrey Klein, a founder and top editor of Mother Jones, dies at 77

Washington Post · Harrison Smith · last updated

Jeffrey Klein, an investigative journalist who co-founded the muckraking magazine Mother Jones and served as its editor in chief in the 1990s, directing investigations into corporate skulduggery, political corruption and the bonds between big business and elected officials, died March 13 at his home in Menlo Park, California. He was 77.

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