Politics

Wall Street sign

Here's the Story Behind the Big Wall Street Reform Rule That Was Just Approved

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Liz Cheney's 1988 Op-Ed on Anti-Apartheid Protestors: "Nobody’s Listening"

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World of Warcraft

When International Spying Fails, the CIA Turns to World of Warcraft

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Steve Stockman

Meet the Senate Candidate Who Might Be Too Crazy for Texas

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 10, 2013
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)

How Vulnerable Is a Congressman Without Health Insurance?

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Data from Mother Jones' Investigation: Children Killed by Guns Since Newtown

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The Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle

The Producer of Bushmaster Assault Rifles Has Made a Killing Since Newtown

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Will the Supreme Court Force Immigrants to Leave Their Children Behind?

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Tax-based college aid goes to least needy

Report: Most Tax-Based College Aid Goes to the Least Needy Families

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kid reaching for gun

At Least 194 Children Have Been Shot to Death Since Newtown

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Portraits of the Hundreds of Children Killed by Guns Since Newtown
Police

How Every Part of American Life Became a Police Matter

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Twitter and NSA logos

8 Big-Name Tech Companies Demand End to Bulk Internet Surveillance

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 9, 2013

Labor Unions Are Underwriting the Republican Party's Civil War

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Pak family

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Love Child Rev. Sun Myung Moon Desperately Tried to Hide

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Saul Goodman

House GOPers’ New Plan to Take Down Obama: Sue Him

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Elizabeth Warren Fires Back at Centrist Dems on Social Security

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sad Chuck Grassley

Oops: Republican Obamacare Amendment Expanded Abortion Access for GOP Staffers

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7 Simple Tips for Guilt-Free Holiday Shopping

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David Goodman and Nelson Mandela

My Day in Prison with Nelson Mandela

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NRA: Our Elephant Gun Owned by a Guy Who Shot a Baby With an Elephant Gun Is a "Treasure"

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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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