Politics

The Wrong Side of History

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Whoopsi Gras

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New at Mother Jones

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Who Guards the Gates?

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The Joys of Multi-Tasking

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Frist to the Rescue!

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Whose Authority Where?

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Positive Directions

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Paul Allen's Other Yacht

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Don't blame voters for our dysfunctional electoral system

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Iraq in America: The Perfect Storm and the Feral City

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Governor Blanco asked for help; no one gave it

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Poverty Numbers Revisited

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The situation in Louisiana continues to be grim, but with some improvement

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Their Own Damn Fault?

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Mapping legal theory

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Congress Swings Into "Action"

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Forseeable for sure

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Homeland Security Flunks

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Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide

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A National Disgrace

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911 in New Orleans: Will We Learn the Right Lessons?

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Drugs in the Andes: The Sausage Effect

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CHARTS

How Much Money Does Gun Violence Cost in Your State?

3 Tax Day Charts to Boost Your Blood Pressure

VIDEO

Here's What the Nepalese Earthquake Devastation Looks Like From a Drone

Obama Just Burned GOP Climate Deniers in "Anger Translator" Rant

INTERACTIVES

Map: The United States of Legal Weed

How the Billionaire Brothers Spread Their Web of Influence Across Every Sector of Society

MAPS

Do You Live in a State With Low Vaccination Rates?

This Map Shows the West's Spreading Anti-Terror Crackdown

LONGREADS

My Travels on the Clinton Conspiracy Trail
The True Cost of Gun Violence

The True Cost of Gun Violence in America

PHOTO ESSAYS

gun violence survivors

This Is What It's Really Like to Survive a Gunshot

Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless

Photo Essays + Slideshows

Fuck Love

These Photos Show What Life Is Like for Girls in Juvenile Detention

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

Some Hopeful Images From Baltimore: Residents Uniting to Clean Up the City

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.

"I'm a Man in a Dress, and I'm Not Afraid to Show That"

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

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