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Trump Threatens “Maximum Criminal Penalties” in Possible Attempt to Suppress Votes

Voter fraud is essentially nonexistent in the United States, but voter intimidation is real.

2018 Elections

What’s the Real Deal With This GOP Megadonor Who’s Claimed He Wants Climate Action?
Rebecca Leber
Brian Kemp’s Last-Minute Investigation Into Georgia Democrats Fits a Pattern of Probes Into Political Foes
Pema Levy

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Brian Kemp’s Last-Minute Investigation Into Georgia Democrats Fits a Pattern of Probes Into Political Foes
Pema Levy
Her Congressman Wouldn’t Hold a Town Hall. So She Came for His Job.
Tim Murphy
These Prisoners Locked Up for Life as Children Could Have a Chance at Freedom After the Midterms
Samantha Michaels
It’s 2018 and Abolishing Slavery Is on the Ballot in Colorado
Nathalie Baptiste
These 11 Mini-Trumps Are Up for Reelection
Dan Spinelli and Dave Gilson

Featured

Gluekit

Women Are Running for Office—And Funding Democrats—Like Never Before

A wave of women is grabbing 2018 by the ballots.

Kara Voght and Dave Gilson

The Russian Connection

Mother Jones illustration; Emily Molli/NurPhoto/ZUMA; Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/ZUMA
Text Messages Show Roger Stone Was Working to Get a Pardon for Julian Assange

Dan Friedman
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US Banks Closed Accounts Tied to Former Trump Business Partner Aras Agalarov

Dan Friedman

Featured Investigations

Mother Jones illustration; Getty
More Than a Dozen Candidates Linked to #MeToo Allegations Will Appear on the November Ballot

Madison Pauly
Mother Jones illustration
“The Guy Doing the Dirty Work” at Trump’s Interior Department is an Ex-Oil Lobbyist Straight Out of the Swamp

Rebecca Leber

Podcasts

Listen to This Remarkable 19-Year-Old Describe Why She’s Running for Office
November 1, 2018

Revealed: The Secret Political Ingredient in LaCroix’s Corporate Statements
October 26, 2018

Kevin Drum

Lunchtime Photo
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The Seattle Minimum Wage Study Marches On
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More Predictions For Tuesday
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Predictions For Tuesday
November 4, 2018
¡Mexico Again!
November 4, 2018

Photography

Lynsey Addario

Lynsey Addario Risked Her Life to Bring Us These Amazing Photographs

“I have this incredible love and passion and dedication to my work—and that creates an impossible balance.”