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The NRA Myth of Arming the Good Guys
The gut-wrenching shock of the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14 wasn't just due to the 20 unthinkably young victims. It was also due to the realization that this specific,...
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Inside the Terror Factory
Editor's note: This story is adapted from The Terror Factory, Trevor Aaronson's new book documenting how the Federal Bureau of Investigation has built a vast network of informants to infiltrate Muslim...
View ArticleThe Daily Show Investigates Investigative Journalism
Last night The Daily Show with Jon Stewart presented some frightening findings after an investigation: investigative journalism is dead. All that remains are holograms on CNN, Skype conversations, and...
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EXCLUSIVE: Unmasking the NRA's Inner Circle
The resurgent debate over gun control has put a spotlight on the hardline leaders of the National Rifle Association. In the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, executive vice president Wayne...
View ArticleWhy Mass Shootings Deserve Deeper Investigation
After a Colorado movie theater was hit with ghastly gun violence last July, one of the first things we did at Mother Jones was contact a top expert on mass murder, hoping he could help answer some...
View ArticleBizarre Utah Bribery Case Sucks In Harry Reid
Utah may be best known for its clean-living, teetotaling Mormon culture, but the state has long had a reputation as the home for less savory activity: financial fraud. Long known as the "scam capital"...
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What We Still Don't Know About Mass Shootings
Late last week Megan McArdle of the Daily Beast posted an online interview she did with criminologist James Alan Fox, in part taking issue with our mass shootings investigation at Mother Jones. I was...
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Former Target Store Manager to Oversee Nation's Nuclear Security
Ever since last summer, when a 82-year-old nun broke into the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the National Nuclear Security Administration has scrambled to improve its leadership...
View ArticleBig Corporations Like Exxon Put Up Seed Funding for Dark Money Group
This article originally appeared on the ProPublica website.Some of the nation's biggest corporations donated more than a million dollars to launch a Republican nonprofit that went on to play a key role...
View ArticleWhat the Washington Post Didn't Tell You About the Daily Caller's Senate Sex...
On Monday, the Washington Postpublished an article that undermined a November report from the conservative Daily Caller alleging that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) stiffed two prostitutes who had...
View ArticleAgency That Investigates Plant Explosions "Grossly Mismanaged"
This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity.Editor's note, April 18: An explosion Wednesday at a fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas, killed between five and 15 people,...
View ArticleIs Controversial Christian Historian David Barton Mulling a Senate Bid?
Update (11/6/2013): David Barton announced Wednesday that he won't run for Congress, despite prodding from tea part activists. "I am deeply honored and humbled by the heartfelt efforts of thousands of...
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EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Love Child Rev. Sun Myung Moon Desperately Tried to Hide
When the Washington Times threw its 20th anniversary gala in 2002, conservative luminaries lined up to pay tribute, including Ronald Reagan, who addressed the packed ballroom via video. Afterward, the...
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At Least 194 Children Have Been Shot to Death Since Newtown
See our special report.You've heard this story before, the one that played out again the week of Thanksgiving—this time in Lakeland, Florida—where 2-year-old Taj Ayesh got his little hands on his...
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The Gun Lobby's Stealth Assault on Small-Town America
This past spring, strangely similar pieces of mail started arriving at the offices of city attorneys in 28 Maryland communities. The tersely worded letters, many dated March 26, warned each town that...
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