Slideshows

Peace, Love, and Understanding

What's so funny about protesters camping in lower Manhattan? More scenes from #OccupyWallStreet.

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| Tue Oct. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Slideshow: The Best (Rejected) New Yorker Cartoons

A new collection of twisted, offensive, and/or hilarious rejects from cartoon editor Robert Mankoff's wastebasket.

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| Mon Oct. 10, 2011 1:34 PM PDT

At the Heart of #OccupyWallStreet

Photos from New York's embattled financial district.

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| Fri Oct. 7, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Many Eyes of Michele Bachmann

Newsweek's controversial cover photo of Michele Bachmann opened a Pandora's Box of Photoshop, er, magic.

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| Fri Sep. 23, 2011 12:30 PM PDT

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Burning Man Spotlight: Why Naked Women Rule

An artist's quest to empower women using 9,000 pounds of steel.

Slideshow by Jaeah Lee.

 | Thu Sep. 1, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

America's War on Mosquitoes

Patriotic, racist, and goofy anti-malaria propaganda from World War II—featuring a guest appearance by the young Dr. Seuss.

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| Sat Aug. 20, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Freedom Riders Remember, 50 Years Later

A daughter goes to Mississippi to retrace the legendary civil rights ride her father and other young activists took a half-century ago.

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| Fri Aug. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Survivor Snapshots From Teen-Home Hell

Parents were told their daughters would sing, pray, and ride horses. The girls say what they got was closer to torture.

Photos by former residents of New Bethany School for Girls/Text by Kathryn Joyce and Michael Mechanic

 | Mon Aug. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

George Jetson's 9-Hour Workweek

And more dreams and nightmares of the future of work.

Slideshow by Dave Gilson

 | Thu Jun. 16, 2011 1:54 PM PDT

Where the Class of 2011 Is Going

Portraits of Mission High School graduates.

Photographs by Winni Wintermeyer. Text by Kristina Rizga.

| Thu Jun. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Meet the Other Navy Seals (and Dolphins)

Cute—and creepy—photos of the US Navy program that trains marine mammals as minesweepers and underwater sentries.

Slideshow by Dave Gilson

 | Wed Jun. 1, 2011 2:22 PM PDT

California's Jam-Packed Prisons

The photos that helped convince Supreme Court justices to downsize California's overcrowded lockups.

Slideshow by Dave Gilson

 | Tue May. 24, 2011 2:01 PM PDT

Bin Laden's Victory and Defeat in Front Pages

How 8 daily newspapers responded on 9/12—and the day after Osama was killed.

Slideshow by Michael Mechanic

 | Mon May. 2, 2011 12:15 PM PDT

10 Reasons We Need Wolves

How wolves fight climate change, and 9 other reasons to protect canis lupus.

Slideshow by Maddie Oatman and Kiera Butler

 | Thu Apr. 14, 2011 12:50 PM PDT

What If Your Favorite Album Was a Book?

Rock classics from from Arcade Fire to Zeppelin, reimagined as book covers.

Slideshow by Christophe Gowans

 | Tue Apr. 5, 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Stuff the GOP's "Color Copies" Defense Cut Could Buy

House Republicans' bold proposal to slash military spending: no more color or glossy copies! Here's what else they could have cut to save the same amount.

Slideshow by Adam Weinstein

 | Mon Apr. 4, 2011 5:20 PM PDT

When Hooters T-Shirts Go to Africa

Donate an old t-shirt in the US? Someday it might travel to a country like Liberia.

Slideshow by Laura McClure

 | Thu Mar. 31, 2011 12:30 AM PDT

The Pen vs. the Sword: Artists Against War

An exhibit of images protesting the invasion of Iraq.

Slideshow by Tim J Luddy

 | Fri Mar. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Illustrated Etiquette Guide for Soldiers (Iraq War Edition)

Learn how to say "where are the prisoners kept?" in phonetic Arabic, plus cultural advice on hugging from the US military.

Slideshow by Jen Phillips

 | Thu Mar. 3, 2011 1:01 AM PST

The Reagan Rorschach

In 1984, Mother Jones asked artists to imagine four more years of the Gipper.

Slideshow by Tim J Luddy

 | Sat Feb. 5, 2011 4:00 AM PST