Paul Jacobs (activist)

Paul Jacobs (August 24, 1918 – January 3, 1978) was a pioneering activist, journalist, and co-founder of Mother Jones magazine. In 1966 he signed a tax resistance vow to protest the Vietnam War.

He is the subject of the 1980 political documentary Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang, which details his investigation into government cover-up of the health hazards related to nuclear weapons testing in 1950s Nevada.