Politics

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Does a Low Minimum Wage Lead to Terrorism?

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The Secret History of CIA Women

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Walmart shelves

Walmart Is Trying to Block Workers' Disability Benefits

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Justin Amash

Will GOP Rebel Justin Amash Bring Down the NSA—and His Own Party?

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Why Texting-While-Driving Bans Don't Work

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Chris McDaniel

Mississippi Senate Candidate Says He Didn't Speak at Neo-Confederate Conference

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Immigration reform rally

How Immigration Reform Could End the Budget Wars

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The Battle of the NSA Surveillance Bills

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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart

GOP Congressional Candidate Using Campaign Money Scheme Pioneered by…Stephen Colbert

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Timeline: A Century of Racist Sports Team Names

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Corn on "Hardball": Ted Cruz's Father "Represents the Far Right of the Tea Party"

WATCH: C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" Visits Mother Jones' DC Bureau

House Passes Bill Written by Citigroup Lobbyists

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Proof of alien life

Paul Ryan's Democratic Opponent Is Alien Conspiracy Theorist, 9/11 Truther

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 31, 2013
Ted Cruz and Rafael Cruz

WATCH: Ted Cruz's Dad Calls US a "Christian Nation," Says Obama Should Go "Back to Kenya"

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Coke vs. Pepsi

Which Is More Evil: Coke or Pepsi?

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Six Ways to Keep the Government Out of Your Files

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Meet the Data Brokers Who Help Corporations Sell Your Digital Life

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Illustration: Dale Stephanos

Where Does Facebook Stop and the NSA Begin?

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Illustration: Harry Campbell

Privacy Is Dead. Long Live Transparency!

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8 Revelations From the Obamacare Hearing

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Paul Ryan

Democrats Won't Let Republicans Forget the Shutdown in Budget Talks

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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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