Politics

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READ: Letter to Justice Department About Alleged Proxy Detainee Yonas Fikre

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 18, 2012

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What if Nixon Could Read Your Emails?

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New York: The Front Line in the Political Money Wars

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Corn on MSNBC: How Obama Outlasted the Tea Party
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Study: All-White Jury Pools More Likely To Convict Black Defendants (UPDATED)

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How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War

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Are Campaign Ads Coming to PBS?

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Advertise on MotherJones.com

Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, Angola prison

Louisiana Lockdown

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Romney Tax Tips: 10 Ways to Stiff the IRS

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American Muslim Alleges FBI Had a Hand in His Torture (Updated with Video)

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What's the Difference Between War Crimes and Regular Old War?

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What My Television Says About Our Broken Tax Code

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 16, 2012
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The Obama Administration Wants You to Stop Worrying and Love the Bailouts

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Tom Barrett

Will Scott Walker's Recall Give Tom Barrett His Revenge?

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Santorum's Choice

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WATCH: The Great American Foreclosure Song

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Mitt Romney Courts Big Tin Foil

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This Week in Dark Money

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Mars Inc. Says Adios to ALEC

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GOP's Favorite Muslim Activist Under Fire From Muslim Groups

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10 Big Companies That Pay No Taxes (and Their Favorite Politicians)

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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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