Politics

The Bipartisan Push to Keep the IRS from Competing with TurboTax

By Liz Day and Justin Elliott, ProPublica

The Enemy-Industrial Complex

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Background Checks in Danger of Being Shot Down in the Senate

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The Enduring Mystery of GOP Megadonor Bob Perry

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Charts: America's Troubled Affair with Overseas Adoption

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California's Dark-Money Investigation Is Making Conservatives Sweat

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Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession

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Louisville Paper: McConnell Tape Contents "Despicable," "Real Story"

-By the Mother Jones news team

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Inside California's Color-Coded, Race-Based Prisons

Christie Thompson, ProPublica

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Rand Paul Does Not Deserve a Gold Star for Speaking at Howard University

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Top House Dem: On Social Security Cuts, Obama Is Like a Small Child

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Texas GOPer Tweets Image of Noose for Republicans Who Even Debate Background Checks

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Scott Brown to Give Speech on Over-Regulation of Hedge Funds at Hedge Fund-Sponsored Conference

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Are You Bro-Choice?

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Mormon Church Abandons Its Crusade Against Gay Marriage

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Obama Wants Mitt Romney’s Favorite Tax Break to Die

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What Taxes Would Look Like if Normal People Called the Shots

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GOP Congressman Compares Background Checks to Rwandan Genocide

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Here Are the Republicans Who Voted to Allow Debate on the Senate Gun Bill

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Watchdog Group Files Ethics Complaint Against McConnell Over Judd Tape Revelations

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 11, 2013

The Plan to Improve Social Security's Finances That No One's Talking About

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The Liberal Civil War Over Social Security Cuts

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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

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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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