How Our Digital Newsroom Uses Google’s Chart Tools
Here at Mother Jones, our reporters, editors, and army of fact-checkers hoard more troves of chart-tastic data than our 2.5-person interactive team can keep up with. We love quality charts and take...
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GOP Platform Flashback: "Government Must Have a Heart"
Last week, President Obama accused the GOP of time-warping back to the days of "black and white TV." True, the party's policies, especially on women and civil rights, are straight out of the 50s (if...
View ArticleMap: How Much Do Your Local Teachers Earn?
The Chicago teacher strike has resurrected the question at the center of much edupontificating: Are American teachers underpaid or overpaid?For some perspective, we've compiled data on the average...
View ArticleVoter Suppression: Coming to a State Near You?
Since the start of 2011, more than 180 bills have been introduced in 41 states (and counting) that could make it harder for you to register to vote, prove that you're eligible to vote, vote early, or...
View ArticleMap: Wave of New Teacher Strikes Hits Illinois
Update Wednesday, November 14: Thought teacher strikes were yesterday's news? Turns out that September's walkout by Chicago teachers set off a rash of other strikes in Illinois. The Chicago Teachers...
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The NRA Surge: 99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions
Since 2009, the NRA and its allies in state capitols have pushed through 99 laws making guns easier to own, easier to carry in public—eight states now even allow them in bars—and harder for the...
View ArticleMaps: Solitary Confinement, State by State
In his investigation of solitary confinement in California prisons, Shane Bauer describes a system in which inmates are held in near-total isolation for years, often due to their alleged status as...
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Life in the Hole: Inside a Solitary Cell
Former hostage Shane Bauer visited this cell during his reporting trip to California's Pelican Bay State Prison. Read his investigation of solitary confinement here. Click the dots on the image below...
View ArticleIs Your Vote in Danger? Take the Test
"Suffrage is the pivotal right," Susan B. Anthony once said. Yet nearly 100 years after her death, our ability to vote still pivots a great deal upon who we are and where we live. Some states bar...
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Voting Chaos in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida
Read on for our full coverage from Election Day 2012; a brief explainer on voter suppression follows below.Update 15, 12:42 p.m. PST, November 7: Disproportionate disenfranchisement of minoritiesBlack...
View ArticleVoting Problem? Report It to Mother Jones.
Help us track voter suppression and poll problems around the country—report your problem using the short form below.Also see our guide to voting hotspots and shenanigans, including our interactive map,...
View ArticleMississippi River Faces Shipping Freeze As Water Levels Drop
This story first appeared on the Guardian website as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The Mississippi as seen from Ed Drager's tug boat is a river in retreat: a giant beached barge is stranded...
View Article151 Victims of Mass Shootings in 2012: Here Are Their Stories
The media coverage tends to linger on the killers. But as the nation mourns the excruciating losses in Newtown—and finally begins to confront an epidemic of mass shootings amid the worst year for them...
View ArticleUS Mass Shootings, 1982-2012: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation
Since we began our investigation into mass shootings following the attack in Aurora, Colorado, in July 2012, we've heard from numerous academic researchers, legislative aides, and others wanting access...
View ArticleQuiz: Can You Diagnose America's Sickest Presidents?
All in all, America's presidents have been a sickly lot. Yet John Sotos, a California cardiologist who has spent more than a decade investigating and posthumously diagnosing their infirmities, from...
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Think You Can Beat the Immigration Maze?
Now that the White House plan for immigration reform has leaked, we have an idea of how the administration plans to deal with the 11 million undocumented immigrants now living in the United States:...
View ArticleTIMELINE: Shell's Year of Arctic Screwups
Last August, Shell got a long-awaited go-ahead from US regulators to begin exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic. It's a potential gold mine for the company—up to a fifth of the world's untapped oil...
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MAPS: Did Your Congressmember Vote Against the Violence Against Women Act?
On Thursday, the House finally reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act—a full year and a half after it expired. VAWA had been held up by House Republicans in the last Congress after the Senate...
View ArticleMap: How Much Do Your Local Teachers Earn?
The Chicago teacher strike has resurrected the question at the center of much edupontificating: Are American teachers underpaid or overpaid?For some perspective, we've compiled data on the average...
View ArticleWe've Hit the Carbon Level We Were Warned About. Here's What That Means.
This interactive explainer originally appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Over the last couple weeks, scientists and environmentalists have...
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