Politics

Michele Bachmann's Fact-Checking Pays Off

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 15, 2011

What the Palin Emails Really Show

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Allen West: One-Term Congressman?

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How the US Military and Government Are Like Siamese Twins Sharing the Same Brain

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The GOP Presidential Debate Forgot One (Big) Issue: The Economy

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Organizers: Rick Perry's Prayer Summit Intended to Convert Non-Christians

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Pundits: Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Debate

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Maddow on Romney's Residency Problem

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 14, 2011

Could Romney's Attack on Obama's Jobs Record Backfire?

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Introducing Michele Bachmann 2.0

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Mehserle's Sentence in Perspective

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Running a Pizza Company is Nothing Like Going to War

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Did Mitt Romney Commit Voter Fraud?

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Why Are America's Pizza Moguls So Nuts?

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

Can Obama Win Back Wall Street's Campaign Donors?

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How Not to Withdraw from Iraq

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Corn on Maddow: the Palin Email Saga

Sarah Palin's Emails Revealed

—By the Mother Jones reporting staff.

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California Budget Crisis: Solve It Yourself

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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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