Interactives

Map: The United States of Legal Weed

Here's where pot is legal and semi-legal—and the next places it could go legit.

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 | Wed Nov. 5, 2014 3:30 PM EST

How the Billionaire Brothers Spread Their Web of Influence Across Every Sector of Society

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| Fri Oct. 24, 2014 12:20 PM EDT

How to Find Your Polling Place

From polling locations to voter ID requirements, we've got you covered this Election Day.

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 | Mon Nov. 3, 2014 9:54 AM EST

Charts: How Minority Voters Get Blocked at the Ballot Box

It's not just voter ID laws and other restrictions that stymie black and Latino voters.

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 | Mon Nov. 3, 2014 6:00 AM EST

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The Great Frack Forward

Deep Inside the Wild World of China's Fracking Boom

US companies are salivating over the biggest shale gas resources in the world. What could possibly go wrong?

—A Multimedia Production by Jaeah Lee and James West

 | Thu Sep. 18, 2014 5:00 AM EDT

Here’s the Data That Shows Cops Kill Black People at a Higher Rate Than White People

Plus: the crazy way the FBI classifies all police shooting victims as criminals.

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 | Wed Sep. 10, 2014 5:00 AM EDT

Here's How Many Ridiculously Hot Days Your City Will Have in the Future

This new interactive temperature tool will terrify you…wherever you live.

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 | Thu Aug. 7, 2014 12:51 PM EDT

Restaurant CEOs Make More Money in Half a Day Than Their Employees Make in a Year

A new analysis underscores why fast-food workers are going on strike.

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 | Mon Jul. 14, 2014 5:00 AM EDT
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There Are 1,401 Uninspected High-Risk Oil and Gas Wells. Here's Where They Are.

The government is failing to conduct key safety inspections on new oil and gas wells on federal and Native American land.

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| Mon Jun. 23, 2014 5:00 AM EDT
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These Popular Plastic Bottles May Be Messing With Your Hormones

A new study finds that many BPA-free brands advertised as safe may be anything but.

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 | Mon Jun. 16, 2014 5:00 AM EDT

Map: The State of Marriage Equality in the United States

More states ban same-sex marriage than allow it. But that doesn't tell the whole story.

— By the Mother Jones news staff

 | Mon May. 19, 2014 5:00 AM EDT

60 Years Ago the Supreme Court Told Schools to Desegregate. Here's How Fast We're Backsliding.

Which region has the most unequal schools? Hint: It's not the South.

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| Fri May. 16, 2014 1:57 PM EDT

Who Said It: Donald Sterling or Donald Trump?

These two billionaires have a penchant for saying the damndest things—about business, race, and sex.

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 | Mon Apr. 28, 2014 1:56 PM EDT
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Quiz: Match The Word to Its Creator

Are you a literary ninja? Prove it by acing this challenge based on Paul Dickson's "Authorisms."

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| Wed Apr. 23, 2014 5:00 AM EDT

Map: Is There a Risky Chemical Plant Near You?

One year after a fertilizer explosion in West, Texas, killed 15 people, pinpointing potentially hazardous sites remains tricky.

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 | Thu Apr. 17, 2014 5:00 AM EDT
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Quiz: Who's More Metal, the Cat or the Owner?

The new photo book "Metal Cats" examines headbangers and their felines.

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| Fri Apr. 11, 2014 5:00 AM EDT
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Which of These 16 Cars Wins the Fuel-Efficiency Smackdown?

So you think you know cars? Play our gas guzzler bracket.

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| Thu Apr. 3, 2014 5:00 AM EDT
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Watch the US Drop 2.5 Million Tons of Bombs on Laos

Picturing the deadly legacy of America's secret war in the world's most bombed-out country.

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 | Wed Mar. 26, 2014 5:00 AM EDT

Interactive Map: Every Extreme Weather Event in January 2014

From temperatures as low as -32 in Russia to some of the wettest weather in the UK’s history, this map shows the extreme weather events of last month from around the world.

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| Tue Feb. 25, 2014 3:08 PM EST
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"It Was Kind of Like Slavery"

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| Wed Feb. 19, 2014 6:00 AM EST