Politics

This Map Shows the Freddie Gray Protests Across the Country

Demonstrations have spread from Baltimore to more than 15 other cities.

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Chris Christie

Top Chris Christie Crony Pleads Guilty for Role in Bridge Scandal, Two Others Indicted

Christie ally insists that "evidence exists" linking governor to traffic debacle.

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Breaking: Freddie Gray's Death Is Ruled a Homicide. All 6 Officers Will Face Criminal Charges.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Is Running for President. Here's a Sampling of His Greatest Hits

From the Mother Jones archives.

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This Map Shows the Freddie Gray Protests Across the Country

Demonstrations have spread from Baltimore to more than 15 other cities.

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Chris Christie

Top Chris Christie Crony Pleads Guilty for Role in Bridge Scandal, Two Others Indicted

Christie ally insists that "evidence exists" linking governor to traffic debacle.

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Breaking: Freddie Gray's Death Is Ruled a Homicide. All 6 Officers Will Face Criminal Charges.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Is Running for President. Here's a Sampling of His Greatest Hits

From the Mother Jones archives.

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This Map Shows the Freddie Gray Protests Across the Country

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Chris Christie

Top Chris Christie Crony Pleads Guilty for Role in Bridge Scandal, Two Others Indicted

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Breaking: Freddie Gray's Death Is Ruled a Homicide. All 6 Officers Will Face Criminal Charges.

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Want an Abortion This Year? Get Ready to Wait

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Is Running for President. Here's a Sampling of His Greatest Hits

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Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Has Already Taken More Press Questions Than Hillary Clinton

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Baltimore

Why You Should Be Skeptical About the New Police Narrative on Freddie Gray's Death

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Are the Clintons More Transparent Than the Bushes?

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Beyond Baltimore: New York City Takes to the Streets

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School kids hanging out in Baltimore's Inner Harbor neighborhood.

Freddie Gray Went to an “Apartheid School”

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Women protest outside Supreme Court in DC

Obamacare Requires Birth Control Coverage. But Some Insurers Are Ignoring the Law.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Shuts Down Gay-Marriage Challengers

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Supreme Court Rules That Judges Can't Hit You Up For Donations

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Here's What Martin Luther King Jr. Really Thought About Urban Riots

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Anthony Batts

The Time Baltimore's Police Commissioner Put a Gun to a Suspect's Head

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The Future of Lethal Injection Is Being Debated at the Supreme Court. Read These 6 Stories Now.

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Nigeria Says It's Rescued Nearly 300 Women and Girls From Boko Haram

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Eyewitnesses: The Baltimore Riots Didn't Start the Way You Think

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The NFL Is About to Pay Taxes for the First Time in More Than 70 Years

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These Baltimore Teens Aren't Waiting Around for Someone Else to Fix Their City

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Rand Paul

Rand Paul Blames the Baltimore Riots on Absentee Fathers

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Obama on the Baltimore Riots: It's About Decades of Inequality

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Demonstrators stand in front of a rainbow flag at the Supreme Court in DC Tuesda

Even Anti-Gay Activists Predict Victory for Same-Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court

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Richard Ross has spent nearly a decade documenting the lives of incarcerated kids.

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During Monday night's unrest, 15 officers were injured and dozens of businesses destroyed.

Plant Tomatoes. Harvest Lower Crime Rates.

A growing body of research shows that urban farms reduce violence.

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"Beautiful by Night" captures the transformations of San Francisco's veteran drag queens.

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