Politics

Charts: The Most Ridiculously Expensive Olympics Ever

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IRS Dark Money

Congressional GOPers Try to Stymie IRS Regulation of Dark Money

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4 Ways to Make Your Brain Work Better

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 7, 2014

Will Your State Be Next to Legalize Pot?

By Josh Harkinson and the MoJo news team

Elizabeth Warren: We Need to Stop Packing the Courts With Corporate Judges

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 6, 2014

Elizabeth Warren: Let's Stop Scamming Our Vets

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Why Did the Winter Olympics Freeze Out Women for So Long?

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Fliers in Sochi

Explained: How Big Is Sochi's Terrorism Problem?

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Charles and David Koch

The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor Conference

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 5, 2014
Sochi

Moscow to Muslims: Thanks for Building Our Olympic Paradise. Just Don't Pray.

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Here's What We Can Learn About Health Care From the Mortgage Crisis

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Joan Mondale

"How Often We're Blind to Our Own Talent": RIP Joan Mondale, Arts Champion

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Watch Elizabeth Warren Slam the GOP for Blocking Unemployment Benefits

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Missionaries in Book of Mormon

Mormon Makeover: Missionaries Scrapping the Suits, Door-Knocking

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 4, 2014

This Picture Has Creationists Terrified

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6 Unanswered Questions About Obama's Drone War

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Hillary Clinton

Meet the GOP Congressional Candidate Who Called Hillary Clinton the "Antichrist"

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gunshot victim

Living in a Violent Neighborhood Is As Likely to Give You PTSD As Going to War

—By Lois Beckett, ProPublica

A map of states that ban abortion coverage in private insurance

MAP: The Republican Crusade to End Insurance Coverage of Abortion

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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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