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A Republican Firm Is Targeting EPA Staff Who Have Donated to Democrats

Politics
- A Conspiracy Theorist Said Israelis Love Trump Like He’s “Second Coming of God.” Trump Tweeted It.
  Inae Oh
- ICE Accidentally Just Revealed How Much its New Contract With Peter Thiel’s Palantir Is Worth
  Ali Breland
Environment
- A Radical Idea for Reclaiming Our Toxic Reality
  Jordan Gass-Poore
- The Key to Saving Starving Koalas Might Be…Their Poop
  Jackie Flynn Mogensen
Media
- Once Nearly Gone, Atlantic Puffins Are Prospering and Pairing Up Nonstop
  David Beard
- A Beloved Ballroom Queen. A Shocking Murder. Did “Pose” Get It Right?
  Justin Agrelo
Food
- Jay Inslee Wants to Pay Farmers to Pull Carbon from the Atmosphere
  Tom Philpott
- Farmers at the Iowa State Fair Say They’re Backing Trump’s Trade War
  Abigail Weinberg
Crime & Justice
- Inside the Prison Where Inmates Set Each Other on Fire and Gangs Have More Power Than Guards
  Jerry Mitchell, ProPublica
- Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Are Leading the Democratic Candidates on Criminal Justice Reform
  Samantha Michaels
Immigration
- “Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It
  A.C. Thompson
- I’ve Heard Anti-Latino Racism for Years. But the El Paso Massacre Weaponized It.
  Fernanda Echavarri

The Russian Connection

Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via Zuma

2020 Candidate Michael Bennet Wants to Sanction Russia for Its Memes

Ali Breland
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images

Michael Flynn Wants a Judge to Allow Him to Travel to a Conference Held by a QAnon Fan

Dan Friedman

Featured Investigations

National Enquirer Investigated by FBI Over Possible Saudi Influence Peddling

James West
Mother Jones illustration;Per-Anders Pettersson/Liaison/Getty

The Cruel Durability of Capital Punishment

Nathalie Baptiste

Podcasts

A Radical Idea for Reclaiming Our Toxic Reality
August 21, 2019

Gorgeous Portraits of America’s Wild (and Surprisingly Delicious) Edible Plants
August 10, 2019

Kevin Drum

Lunchtime Photo
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State Department Now Helping Out With Trump Campaign Smears
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The Shame of Pacifica High School
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Where’s the Inflation?
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Obamacare Continues Not to Fail
14 hours ago

Photography

Jacob Blickenstaff

On the Road With Dawes

We caught up with the iconic folk-rock group at the Newport Folk Festival.

Jacob Blickenstaff