Politics

Max Baucus

Meet the 45 Senators Who Blocked Background Checks

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Arab American on Boston Marathon: "Everyone in This Room Is Holding Their Breath"

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The Immigration Bill's Security Poison Pill

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Here Are the 8 Other Gun Bills About to Face a Vote in the Senate

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Did Organizing for Action Break Its No-Lobbying Pledge?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 17, 2013

We All Scream For Wayne LaPierre's Ice Cream

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The Government Didn't Shut Down Cell Service in Boston. But With SOP 303, It Could Have.

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Big Corporations Won't Be Sweating the IRS This Year

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The Gitmo Hunger Strike May Be the Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in the Camp's History

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Westboro Baptist Church Facebook Hack Star Trek

Anonymous Threatens Westboro Baptist Church

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10 Reasons the Background Check Bill Means Victory for the NRA

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John Dean in the 1970's

John Dean: The McConnell Tape Isn't Watergate and May Not Be Illegal

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These Soldiers Did the Boston Marathon Wearing 40-Pound Packs. Then They Helped Save Lives.

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It Doesn't Take Much to Get PTSD

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7 False Things You Heard About the Boston Bombing

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Terror Attacks on Sporting Events, Especially Marathons, Are Surprisingly Rare

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Question Everything You Hear About the Boston Marathon Bombing

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 16, 2013
A Navigators chapter in Los Altos, California, helping restore a redwood grove.

Gay-Friendly Scouting Organization Doubles Its Numbers in One Year

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Carlos Arredondo

The Man in the Cowboy Hat: Meet Carlos Arredondo, a Hero of the Boston Bombings

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Mississippi's Last Abortion Clinic Can Stay Open, For Now

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FBI photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspects

What We Know About The Boston Marathon Explosions

— By Asawin Suebsaeng and the MoJo News Team

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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