Politics

Ohio Could Pass the Country's Most Extreme "Secret Executions" Bill

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Chart: How Black Friday Invaded Thanksgiving

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This Is What Darren Wilson Told the Grand Jury About Shooting Michael Brown

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Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson Will Not Be Charged for Killing Michael Brown, Grand Jury Decides

—By Mother Jones news team

Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson Is Just the Latest to Go Unprosecuted for a Fatal Shooting

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Media Goes Wild Over Hagel Firing But Not Obama's Secret Afghanistan Reversal

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel Resigning as Secretary of Defense

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The GOP Controls Congress. Now It Can Change How Math Works.

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These State Lawmakers Want to Save Thanksgiving From Greedy Retailers

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Map: How Long Does Your State Give Rape Survivors to Pursue Justice?

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The Ohlone People Were Forced Out of San Francisco. Now They Want Part of Their Land Back.

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You Might Not Know Where Chad Is, But the US Military Has Big Plans For It

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22 percent

Native Children Have the Same Rate of PTSD as Combat Veterans

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Barack Obama

President Obama Acted Unilaterally on Immigration and the Right Is Predictably Outraged

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4 Stupid Conservative Arguments Against Net Neutrality, Debunked

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Upper Big Branch

29 Coal Miners Died in a 2010 Explosion. Congress Still Hasn't Fixed the Problem.

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Meet the Fortune 500 Companies Funding the Political Resegregation of America

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Obama's Executive Action Will Protect 5 Million Undocumented Immigrants

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Watch Obama Announce His Immigration Executive Action Right Here
Al Franken

Al Franken Questions Uber Over Privacy

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Jim Webb Wanted to Punch George W. Bush. Now He Wants His Old Job.

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The FBI Is Very Excited About This Machine That Can Scan Your DNA in 90 Minutes

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These Laws Let Accused Rapists Off the Hook

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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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