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What Does Gun Violence Really Cost?

What Does Gun Violence Really Cost?

The data the NRA doesn’t want you to see.
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A special investigation by Mark Follman, Julia Lurie, Jaeah Lee, and James West. Based on research by Ted Miller.Apr 17, 2015
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Robby Mook Just Took the Hardest Job in Politics: Saving the Clintons From Themselves

Robby Mook Just Took the Hardest Job in Politics: Saving the Clintons From Themselves

The “drum-circle weirdo” guiding Hillary Clinton’s next presidential campaign.
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Andy Kroll and Patrick CaldwellApr 10, 2015
The Deadly Corruption of Clinical Trials

The Deadly Corruption of Clinical Trials

When you risk life and limb to help test a drug, are you helping science — or Big Pharma?
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Carl ElliottApr 2, 2015
The Brief Life and Private Death of Alexandria Hill

The Brief Life and Private Death of Alexandria Hill

When the government took her from her family, it outsourced her safety to a for-profit corporation. Nine months later she was dead.
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Brian JosephMar 6, 2015
The Shockingly Simple, Surprisingly Cost-Effective Way to End Homelessness

The Shockingly Simple, Surprisingly Cost-Effective Way to End Homelessness

Why aren’t more cities using it?
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Scott CarrierMar 4, 2015
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Valley Fever: How the Government Put Tens of Thousands of People at Risk of a Deadly Disease

Valley Fever: How the Government Put Tens of Thousands of People at Risk of a Deadly Disease

If it killed politicians instead of prisoners, this illness would be national enemy No. 1.
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David FerryFeb 12, 2015
CALIFORNIA GOES NUTS

CALIFORNIA GOES NUTS

It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond. And that’s not the most insane fact about the mad dash to plant the thirsty trees in the…
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Tom PhilpottJan 21, 2015
Inside the Men’s Rights Movement — and the Army of Misogynists and Trolls It Spawned

Inside the Men’s Rights Movement — and the Army of Misogynists and Trolls It Spawned

By Mariah Blake
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Mariah BlakeFeb 6, 2015
The Amazing, Possibly True Adventures of Catman Keeley and His Corporate Hoboes

The Amazing, Possibly True Adventures of Catman Keeley and His Corporate Hoboes

On the road with the former veterinarian, ex-raquetball champ, and freight-hopping adventurer who shows executives how the other half lives…
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Tim MurphyJan 9, 2015
The Way It Was

The Way It Was

BY ELEANOR COONEY
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Eleanor CooneyJan 23, 2015
Is Your Dentist Ripping You Off?

Is Your Dentist Ripping You Off?

You and your teeth could be victims of “creative diagnosis.”
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Kiera ButlerOct 21, 2014
Sorry,

Sorry,

Raw Sugar Is No Better for You Than Refined
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Kiera ButlerSep 11, 2014
How a Squad of Ex-Cops Fights Police Abuses

How a Squad of Ex-Cops Fights Police Abuses

In Broward County, Florida, a bold experiment in public defense.
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Jason FagoneSep 4, 2014
Inside the Wild, Shadowy, and Highly Lucrative Bail Industry

Inside the Wild, Shadowy, and Highly Lucrative Bail Industry

How $550 and a five-day class gets you the right to stalk, arrest, and shoot people.
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Shane BauerJul 24, 2014
Photos of San Francisco Before the Silicon Valley Bros Invaded

Photos of San Francisco Before the Silicon Valley Bros Invaded

Janet Delaney chronicles a neighborhood’s transformation from working-class haven to playground for the rich.
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Jeremy LybargerJul 16, 2014
Something Is Seriously Wrong on the East Coast—and It’s Killing All the Baby Puffins

Something Is Seriously Wrong on the East Coast—and It’s Killing All the Baby Puffins

Disappearing puffins, stray whales, invading sailfish: The North Atlantic is in a bad way. Here’s why.
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Rowan JacobsenJul 11, 2014
We Can Code It!

We Can Code It!

Why computer literacy is key to winning the 21st century.
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Tasneem RajaJun 19, 2014
Triumph of the Drill

Triumph of the Drill

Deficit hawks slam them. Execs admit they don’t need them. Yet Big Oil clings to its billions in government giveaways. Here’s how. 
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Andy KrollMay 5, 2014
Hey Wonk Reporters, Liberate Your Data!

Hey Wonk Reporters, Liberate Your Data!

Data journalism only matters when it’s transparent.
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Simon RogersApr 24, 2014
The Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming

The Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming

This is your wilderness on drugs.
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Josh HarkinsonApr 18, 2014
“He Had Fresh Head Injuries”: What Ohio Has Been Doing to Mentally Ill Boys 

“He Had Fresh Head Injuries”: What Ohio Has Been Doing to Mentally Ill Boys 

Parents can’t keep children alone in their rooms for 1,964 hours. But Ohio allegedly does. 
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Dana LiebelsonApr 10, 2014
Diss Google Buses All You Want. They’re Still Pretty Green

Diss Google Buses All You Want. They’re Still Pretty Green

Critics claim that Bay Area tech shuttles’ environmental benefits are overstated. They’re wrong
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Kiera ButlerApr 9, 2014
How a Coyote Suffered Behind the Scenes at Animal Planet

How a Coyote Suffered Behind the Scenes at Animal Planet

Mother Jones has uncovered photographic evidence of animal mistreatment behind the network’s top reality show.
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James WestMar 26, 2014
Why Your Supermarket Sells Only 5 Kinds of Apples

Why Your Supermarket Sells Only 5 Kinds of Apples

And one man’s quest to bring hundreds more back.
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Rowan JacobsenMar 20, 2014
Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons

Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons

We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here’s why
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Shane BauerMar 10, 2014
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