Politics

Interview: Sen. Ernie Chambers talks race and politics.

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Coal Mines and Safety

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Bush crosses fingers, issues "signing statement" regarding ban on toruture and inhumane treatment of detainees

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Extraordinary Circumstances: Why the Senate Should Block Alito

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George W. Bush and the Cult of Presidential Power

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CIA Leaks to Iran

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Did Donald Rumsfeld Violate Federal Law?

More Nation-Building On the Way?

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Ten-Word Messages

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The End of One Person One Vote?

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A Really New Foreign Policy in 2006

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The Political Folly Awards of 2005

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What "Laws of Warfare" Mean

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Mother Jones Celebrates 30 Years!

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Limited Ambitions: Why Women Can't Win for Trying (Sources)

Everywhere women look, tough numbers remain.

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A political and cultural sea change may be just around the corner.

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Cold War, Holy Warrior

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The "Boston Miracle" Has Been Proven to Reduce Gang Violence. So Why Can't it Catch On?

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Among the Allies: Inside Pakistan's Madrasas

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The McCain Mutiny: A President Who Prizes Loyalty Finds the Knives Are Out

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Walter B. Jones

How Republican Rep. Walter Jones Came to Hate a War He Once Loved

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Timeline: America's Devil's Game with Extremist Islam

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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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