Politics

Herman Cain On Libya: Which One Was That Again?

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Is America Still the World's Leader?

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Report: States Restoring Gun Rights to Very Scary People

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How the Supreme Court Could Delay Ruling on Health Care Reform

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Post-Ohio, Unions Set Their Sights on...Democrat Andrew Cuomo?

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Michele Bachmann

Bachmann Insists the ACLU Is Running the CIA

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Newt Gingrich's Anti-Sustainable Development Crusade

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Will Your Block Survive the Nuclear Apocalypse?

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It's Recall Time for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 14, 2011
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Scenes from the GOP's "Commander in Chief" Debate

—By the Mother Jones news team

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Bachmann: Obama Hearts #OWS, Wants To Defriend Israel

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Bachmann: The ACLU Is Running The CIA Under Obama

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Jon Huntsman Quotes Barack Obama On Foreign Policy

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Newt Gingrich Name-Drops Sustainable Development Conspiracy Theory

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Herman Cain's Number-One Foreign Policy Priority is Impossible

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Corn on Hardball: Is There a Viable GOP Alternative to Romney?
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Fort Hood Victims Suing The US Government Over Shooting Rampage

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Conservatives Plot to Burn, Shred, and Sabotage Scott Walker Recall Effort

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Montana Senate Race: Who Hates Wolves More?

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Republican Senate Candidate: Gap Between Rich and Poor "Should Be Wider"

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Behind Newt's Tiffany's Tab, the Bachmann Revolt, and the Steak That Drove Huckabee Out of the Race

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Marco Rubio: Compassionate Conservative?

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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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