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Janet Cooksey, center, is Quintonio Legrier's mother.

Updated: Neighbors and Family Recount Chilling Details in Chicago Police Shooting

Who is telling the truth about the deaths of Quintonio Legrier and Bettie Jones?

—Brandon Ellington Patterson

Donald Trump Has Bad News for the GOP Establishment

He's just getting started.

A Grand Jury Just Decided Not to Indict the Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

Surveillance video showed that Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Rice almost immediately after arriving on the scene.

Jeb Abandons Jeb!

Even the former Florida governor has given up on his brand.

Janet Cooksey, center, is Quintonio Legrier's mother.

Updated: Neighbors and Family Recount Chilling Details in Chicago Police Shooting

Who is telling the truth about the deaths of Quintonio Legrier and Bettie Jones?

—Brandon Ellington Patterson

Donald Trump Has Bad News for the GOP Establishment

He's just getting started.

A Grand Jury Just Decided Not to Indict the Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

Surveillance video showed that Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Rice almost immediately after arriving on the scene.

Jeb Abandons Jeb!

Even the former Florida governor has given up on his brand.

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Janet Cooksey, center, is Quintonio Legrier's mother.

Updated: Neighbors and Family Recount Chilling Details in Chicago Police Shooting

—Brandon Ellington Patterson

Deadly Missouri Flooding Forces Town Evacuations as Water Continues to Rise

Meet "Sledgehammer Shannon," the Lawyer Who Is Uber’s Worst Nightmare

—Hannah Levintova

This Year, States Took the War on Uteruses to the Next Level

—Becca Andrews

Donald Trump Has Bad News for the GOP Establishment

Planned Parenthood protest

Why Planned Parenthood Had an Even Worse Year Than You Think

—Hannah Levintova

Here Is Every Crazy, Insane, Terrible, Genius, Infuriating Thing Donald Trump Did This Year

This Chart Shows America Has a Unique Problem With Gun Violence

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A Grand Jury Just Decided Not to Indict the Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

Kentucky's New Governor Wastes No Time in Revoking Ex-Felons' Right to Vote

Elizabeth Warren

Newt Gingrich Says Elizabeth Warren’s Signature Program Is "Dictatorial." Here's What It's Really Done.

—Patrick Caldwell

The Top MoJo Longreads of 2015

—Mother Jones

The NBA Just Joined the Gun Control Fight With This Moving Video

Was New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Drunk at Rowdy Hotel Party?

Jeb Abandons Jeb!

Why Donald Trump Loves Vladimir Putin

The Pentagon Says It Has Killed 20,000 ISIS Fighters—and Just 6 Civilians

—Bryan Schatz

Surprise! Donald Trump's Tax Plan Helps Donald Trump

It's 2015 and a Woman Is Being Charged With Attempted Murder for Using a Coat Hanger for an Abortion

—Becca Andrews

Donald Trump and Jeb Bush

That Time When Donald Trump Said Jeb Bush Would Make a Great President

Scott Walker Corruption Case Threatens to Implicate Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Teachers Are About to Get the Data They Need to Educate Your Kids, Experts Say

—Kristina Rizga

The Feds Can't Control Illegal Campaign Spending. But Maybe These Guys Can.

CHARTS

This Chart Shows America Has a Unique Problem With Gun Violence

These Maps Show Where Rents Are Going Up and Incomes Are Going Down

VIDEO

This Is the Most Damning and Acccurate Summary of This Week's GOP Debate We've Seen So Far

This Video Shows How Republican Candidates Talk About Women

INTERACTIVES

Assault weapons on sheet

Here Are 3 Gun Control Proposals That Republicans Actually Support

Puerto Rico Crisis Goes From Bad to Worse

MAPS

Campus Protests Are Spreading Like Wildfire

Stop Looking Just at Europe. There's a Migration Crisis Everywhere.

LONGREADS

Meet "Sledgehammer Shannon," the Lawyer Who Is Uber’s Worst Nightmare

The Top MoJo Longreads of 2015

PHOTO ESSAYS

Haunting Photos of the Risky Search for Mexico’s Disappeared

A girl with burns is treated at a hospital.

The Human Cost of Saudi Arabia's Air War in Yemen, in Photos

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