Politics

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How Bain's Lobbying Saved Mitt Millions

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Chart: How Texans Win Friends and Influence Elections

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Gingrich's New-Age Love Gurus

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Gingrich and Romney Want to Say Adios to Bilingual Ballots

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Journalists—Myself Included—Swept Up in Mass Arrest at Occupy Oakland

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10 Top-Notch Daily Newts!

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GOP Reps. Go After DC Abortions Again

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The Florida Debate: There Is No Spoon

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Newt's Moon Base: Not as Illegal as You Think

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Your Daily Newt: Health Chair Reform

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Here's Who Paid Mitt Romney "Not Very Much" to Speak

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 27, 2012
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Romney Inadvertently Defends Obamacare (Again)

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GOP Candidates: Obama Keeps Snubbing Israel!

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Mitt Romney Misleads on His Fannie and Freddie Investments

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What Newt Gingrich Doesn't Get About Deportation and Gangs Like MS-13

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Debate Wrap-Up: Newt vs. Mitt, Part 2

—By the Mother Jones news team

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Newt Rips Romney for Millions in Goldman Sachs Investments

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Bob Dole Slams Gingrich for Carrying Around an Ice Bucket

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Charts: Wall Street Blows All Other Political Donors Away

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Another Reason To Be Glad Rick Perry Won't Be President

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Santorum Trashes Public Colleges, Then Stumps at One

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Newt Gingrich vs. Ronald Reagan: A Brief History

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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

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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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