Politics

Surveillance, America’s Pastime

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Inside the 2010 Money Deluge

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You Can't Join the Taliban... In Medal of Honor, At Least

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 4, 2010

Who Owns Congress?

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Who Owns Congress?

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Capitol Hill's Top 75 Corporate Sponsors

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Hope and Spare Change: Obama vs. McCain in Campaign Cash

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Advertise on MotherJones.com

The Gentleman From Victoria's Secret Yields to the Lady From Amway

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The Price of Admission to the House and Senate

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The 2010 Election, Brought to You By...

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Fat Cats United: 10 Biggest 527 Groups

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2010's Self-Financed Candidates

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2010's Most Expensive Races

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Controversy Pays: Lessons From Michele Bachmann

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Maine GOPer Is All LeRage

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Farewell, Bailout Nation?

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Howard Dean's Farewell to Rahm

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Rahm and Rupert

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O'Donnell's "Independent" Expenditure Campaign

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The War Addicts

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Tea Party = Pot Party?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 1, 2010

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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