Politics

Ex-Gays Jump to Michele Bachmann's Defense

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Hunkered Down Inside #OccupyWallStreet

—By Josh Harkinson and the Mother Jones news team

Eric Cantor Uses Palin's Playbook

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Gov. Nathan Deal

Georgia Redistricting Map: DOA at the DOJ?

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House GOP Leader Eric Cantor Calls Occupy Protests "Mobs"

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monopoly man

Is Soaking the Rich...Dangerous??

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"We Are the 99 Percent" Creators Revealed

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here's to the crazy ones

Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs, and the Crazy Ones

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 7, 2011
Florida Dwarf

Florida Jobs Plan: Let's Revive Dwarf-Tossing

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Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funeral of "Gay-Friendly" Jobs

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#OccupyDC sign

#OccupyWallStreet—and Madison—Comes to Washington

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After Troy Davis, More Doubt on Georgia's Death Row?

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cops with baton at occupy wall street

The NYPD's Violent Crackdown on Occupy Wall Street Protesters

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El Paso border

El Paso Judge Tells Perry Et Al. to Get Smarter, Not Tougher, on Border

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Flat-Lining the Middle Class

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Obama: Held Hostage No More?

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GOP Congressman Equates Purchasing Health Insurance With Buying an Expensive Vacation Home

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Topeka to Legalize Domestic Violence?

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VIDEO: Obama: Occupy Wall St. "Expresses the Frustrations the American People Feel"

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scott brown

Scott Brown Calls Elizabeth Warren Ugly

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death panels

ACTUAL Death Panel Approves US Kill List

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peter and the wolf

Hey Kids, Wanna Listen to "Peter and the Wolf"? Then Pay Up.

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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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