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Book Review: Beautiful Souls

By Hannah Levintova

 | Fri Feb. 10, 2012 3:00 AM PST

WATCH: How to Win People Over to the Taliban's Side [Fiore Cartoon]

By Mark Fiore

 | Thu Feb. 9, 2012 10:15 AM PST

Chart of the Day: Unleaded Gasoline and Teen Pregnancy

By Kevin Drum

 | Thu Feb. 9, 2012 8:52 AM PST

109 Things Obama Has Declared War On

A list of everything sacred that the president seeks to destroy, including Cheerios, fishing, poker, and fun.

By Dave Gilson

 | Wed Feb. 8, 2012 3:00 AM PST

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NBC's New Broadway Drama, "Smash," Might Actually Be...Good?

Despite clichés, early episodes show promise—and some rousing musical numbers to boot.

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Mon Feb. 6, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Twitter Talks Back to Sexist Super Bowl Ads

These five ads managed to outrage a lot of tweeps who are totally #NotBuyingIt.

By Maya Dusenbery

 | Mon Feb. 6, 2012 2:30 AM PST

Film Review: The Eerie Dance Drama of "Pina"

Academy Award-nominated doc merges absurdist theater with dance, and makes 3-D's potential even more mouthwatering.

By Azeen Ghorayshi

 | Fri Feb. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Book Review: Consent of the Networked

Rebecca MacKinnon's new book is an antidote to giddy promises that the Internet will set you free.

By Alyssa Battistoni

 | Thu Feb. 2, 2012 5:17 PM PST

Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl This Sunday

What American football's big day tells us about class warfare, religion, and healthcare.

By Robert Lipsyte

 | Thu Feb. 2, 2012 11:54 AM PST
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Obama Says Drones Are on a "Very Tight Leash"

During his Google+ hangout on Monday, the president went to bat for his (kind of) secret drone war.

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Tue Jan. 31, 2012 9:10 AM PST

WATCH: Mitt Romney's Blind Trust [Saunders Cartoon]

By Zina Saunders

 | Mon Jan. 30, 2012 12:38 PM PST

Randall Terry's Gory Super Bowl Abortion Ad Gets Intercepted

The Operation Rescue founder is running bloody ads in more than 10 cities during the big game. But a Chicago station may block him.

By Maya Dusenbery

 | Mon Jan. 30, 2012 11:45 AM PST

Journalists—Myself Included—Swept Up in Mass Arrest at Occupy Oakland

Oakland police violated their own policy by arresting credentialed reporters. Or, how I ended up in county lockup.

By Gavin Aronsen

 | Sun Jan. 29, 2012 10:03 AM PST

The 99 Percent Solution

The evolution of the slogan heard 'round the world.

By Lauren Ellis

 | January/February 2012 Issue
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The Florida Debate: There Is No Spoon

What it's really like to cover a GOP presidential primary debate.

By Adam Weinstein

 | Fri Jan. 27, 2012 10:40 AM PST

Debate Wrap-Up: Newt vs. Mitt, Part 2

Our coverage of Thursday night's gloves-off presidential debate in Jacksonville.

—By the Mother Jones news team

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 4:55 PM PST
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A Victory for Cute Kids, Civic Engagement, and the Trees

Massachusetts 4th graders help encourage Universal to green up The Lorax.

By Kate Sheppard

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 2:39 PM PST

WATCH: Obama's "Socialist" Ideas Aren't So Different From the GOP's [Fiore Cartoon]

By Mark Fiore

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 11:40 AM PST
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Interrogating the NY Times' Anthony Shadid

The two-time Pulitzer winner on sneaking into Syria, being kidnapped in Libya, and the high cost of getting the story in a war zone.

By Aaron Ross

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PST
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VIDEO: Gabrielle Giffords Bids Farewell—for Now

A year after the tragedy in Tucson, the congresswoman resigns from office to focus on her continued recovery.

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Wed Jan. 25, 2012 3:40 PM PST