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Politics

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Lincoln and Gang

—Steve Brodner

A Brand New Blackwater! Erik Prince Renames Mercenary Firm

—Bruce Falconer

Two Important Stimulus Links

—Jonathan Stein

Banks Banned From Replacing Workers With Foreigners

—Steve Aquino

GAO: Pentagon Must Reexamine Its Reliance on Private Contractors

—Bruce Falconer

Rocket (Fuel) Man

GOP Sen. Says Obama Uses "Dictatorship" Standard

—Stephanie Mencimer

The Stimulus Goes Green

—Jonathan Stein

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New Torture Memos Outline Black Sites, Ghost Prisoners

—Steve Aquino

New York Attorney General Cuomo Slams Merrill Lynch

—Nick Baumann

Iraq from the Inside of an Armored BMW

The FEC Brings Down the Hammer (Belatedly)

—Jonathan Stein

Pentagon Worried About Spending Cuts

—Bruce Falconer

Wall Street CEOs: Putting Shareholders Before Taxpayers

—Steve Aquino

Bailout Question: Is This the Time for Mass Movements or Expert Opinion?

—Jonathan Stein

The Small But Meaningful Victories of the Open Gov't World

—Jonathan Stein

Have You Ever Heard of Rep. Steve Austria (R-OH)?

—Jonathan Stein

Israeli Elections: Another Problem for Obama?

Dobson's Focus on the Family Out-Hates the Mormons

—Jonathan Stein

Livni or Netanyahu? Israeli Prime Minister TBD by Radical Lieberman (Not That One)

—Elizabeth Gettelman

Mother Jones Goes Open Source

—Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery

The Six Worst Tax Cuts in the Senate's Stimulus

—Steve Aquino

GOP's Stimulus Talking Points Contradict Congressional Research Service

—Jonathan Stein

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