Politics

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 13, 2011

Debate: GOP Crowd Cheers Dying Uninsured Man, Ben Bernanke Treason Claim

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Jon Huntsman's New Campaign Strategy? Smack Talk

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Rick Perry's Price is Actually Closer to $25,000

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CNN/Tea Party Debate: What You Missed If You Watched Monday Night Football

—By the Mother Jones News Team

Ron Paul: Mitt Romney's Unlikely Secret Weapon

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Rick Perry: Let's "Free Up" Wall Street—Because That Worked in 2008

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Herman Cain's Chilean Model, Explained

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Corn on "Hardball": Is Neoconservatism Dead?

Could Rick Perry Be Telling the Truth About Social Security?

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The Unemployed "Army" Is Now Bigger Than the Actual Army

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Sadr Calls for an Iraq Truce; GOP Balks

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Paul Krugman's Inappropriate 9/11 Post

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New Yorker: US May Have Benefited From Pakistani Journalist's Murder

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Tim Pawlenty Endorses Mitt Romney for President

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Cheney's Torture Tour

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Rick Perry’s Juvie Record

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 12, 2011

This Week in National Insecurity: 9/11 Remembrance Edition

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How Debt Can Help Save America

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Feds Hid Ground Zero Health Risks

— By Anthony DePalma for ProPublica

Republican New Mexico Governor Says Her Grandfather Was Undocumented

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Anti-Gay Heavy Metal Pastor Pens Open Letter to Obama

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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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