Politics

A drummer at Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street Drummers Driving Neighbors Batty

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Herman Cain

Herman Cain: Still Definitely Not Pro-Choice—Just Bad At Answering Questions

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Herman Cain

Herman Cain's Go-To Historian on the Muslim World: Destroy Islam

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 21, 2011

The National Security Complex: Too Big to Fail?

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Marco Rubio

The Birthers' Next Target: Marco Rubio

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Libya's Moammar Qaddafi Is Dead

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Herman Cain

Herman Cain: Still Not Pro-Choice

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Rod Parsley

Rick Perry's Other Pastor Problem

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NYPD at Occupy Wall Street protest

What the NYPD Really Thinks of Occupy Wall Street

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 20, 2011

The Side Effects of Fast-Tracking Deportations

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Herman Cain's Sorry Defense of His 9-9-9 Plan

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SC Voting

South Carolina Voter ID Law: Yep, Pretty Discriminating

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Knowing Nothing About Foreign Policy Finally Gets Cain In Trouble

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Dump Their Foreclosure Barons—for Good

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protests in syria

Syria Uses US Technology in Cyber Crackdown

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Why Occupy Wall Street Is Good for the Tea Party

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 19, 2011
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry

GOP Debate: Why Romney Slammed Perry So Hard

—By the Mother Jones news team

Perry Takes Romney To Task Over "Hiring" Illegal Immigrants

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Mitt Romney's Shopping Center of Infinite Sadness

Mitt on Foreclosures: "Let It...Hit the Bottom"

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Rick Perry

About That Immigration Study Mitt Romney Cited...

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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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