Politics

Does the New Defense Spending Bill Protect Anti-Gay Bullying?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 13, 2013
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The Budget Deal Is a Big Win for the Pentagon

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Since Newtown, 127 Children Have Been Killed by Guns in Their Own Homes

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Texas Wouldn't Let This Afghanistan Vet Vote in the Last Presidential Election

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Bill Moyers: "That Sound You Hear Is the Shredding of the Social Contract"

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The Venn Diagram That Explains How the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal Happened

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"Seinfeld" Writer Takes on Conservative Outrage Over Holiday Festivus Pole Protests

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The Right's Obsession With Obama the Flirt

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 12, 2013

Will an Anti-Hillary Sequel Again Rock American Politics?

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What It's Like Reading Mandela's Autobiography as a Hostage in Tehran

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Budget Deal May Be Good News for Pentagon Boondoggles

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More Than Half of Americans Now Have Tougher Gun Laws

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How a Local "Ganjapreneur" Bummed Oakland's High and Cheated the City out of Thousands

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No, the Budget Deal Isn't a "Compromise"

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Millions of Women Now Pay Nothing for Birth Control. Thanks Obamacare!

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 11, 2013
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Why Have American Writers Ignored the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? One Word: Class

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Political DNA

Your Genes Tell You How to Vote

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The Gun Lobby's Stealth Assault on Small-Town America

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Teachers Striking in the Town Where Mother Jones Is Buried

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Congress Reaches a Budget Deal and Conservatives Already Hate It

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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

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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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