Politics

Obama Backs UN Plan on Syria

—, , and

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 3, 2013

Dancing in Damascus

—

Charts: How Big Debt on Campus Is Threatening Higher Ed

— and

Syrian rebels

Where Does Your Congressman Stand on Syria?

— and

Obama Calls for Military Strike Against Syria—But First He Asks Congress To Vote for It

—

sarin cluster bomb

GOP Congressman Endorses Bogus Theory That Syria Got Its Chemical Weapons From Saddam

—

Obama's Big Syria Conundrum

—

Advertise on MotherJones.com

Immigration Reform: Dead or Alive?

—

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 30, 2013

Are Chemical Weapons Reason Enough to Go to War?

—

Fire sign

7 More National Parks Threatened by Fire

—

Bobby Jindal Takes a Shot at BP's Gulf Oil Spill PR Campaign (Updated)

—

Memo: Justice Department Won't Meddle With States That Legalize Marijuana

—

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 29, 2013
Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein

Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq War Architect, Is Skeptical of Intervening in Syria

—

West, Texas

Report: The Government is Really, Really Bad at Keeping Records About Chemical Plants

—

"If You Note Me Drifting or Grammatical Errors...I've Not Eaten in 35 Days"

—

Why Are Fast Food Workers Walking Out Again?

— and

Why Obama's March on Washington Anniversary Speech Ticked Off Some Black People

—

Martin Luther King, Jr. capitalism quote

War, the Tea Party, and 23 Other Things Pundits Say MLK Would Have Supported

—

Barack Obama MLK I Have a Dream speech 50th anniversary

Video and Transcript: President Obama's Speech on 50th Anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream"

—

Corn on MSNBC: Would a Punitive Strike Against Syria Work?

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.

See All