Mother Jones
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Mother Jones is an independent, nonprofit magazine rooted in what it terms progressive political values and known for its investigative reporting. In general United States standards it is a magazine of Left-wing politics orientation. The winner of a 2001 National Magazine Award in General Excellence, Mother Jones has been nominated for National Magazine Awards twelve times and has won four times. With a paid circulation of 233,000 (the average for the first half of 2006), Mother Jones is the most widely read progressive publication in the United States. Monika Bauerlein and Clara ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Sequester Guts Wildfire Prevention, Sets Up Bigger Blazes
"Tree coming down!" Skyler Lofgren shouts above a din of buzzing chainsaws, leans into his own, and with a final heave topples another 40-foot Ponderosa pine. Lofgren, 27, a ...via Mother Jones -
Expert: Congress Shouldn't Listen to Apple's Tax Plan
Offshore profits are currently taxed at the same rate as onshore profits: 35 percent. Big US corporations have lobbied aggressively for the United States to shift to what is ...via Google News -
See How Citigroup Wrote a Bill So It Could Get a Bailout
On Friday, the New York Times reported on the front page that Citigroup drafted most of a House bill that would allow banks to engage in risky trades backed by a potential ...via Mother Jones -
Why the Producer of "The Hangover Part III" Has Spent So Much Time in Prison
The past few weeks have been particularly busy ones for Scott Budnick, the 36-year-old executive producer of the hilarious, cringe-inducing, and incredibly lucrative Hangover ...via Mother Jones -
WATCH: Does the IRS Scandal Mean Dark Money Groups Will Go Unchecked? [Fiore Cartoon]
Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and ...via Mother Jones -
Worse Than Watergate? The Ultimate White House Scandal Matrix
Worse than Watergate . That's the refrain coming from the Obama administration's critics as it scrambles to tamp down a growing pile of scandals. "The Obama administration's ...via Mother Jones -
New Louisiana Law Will Jail Journos for Publishing Gun Info
On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would imprison and fine journalists who intentionally publish information about the state's concealed-carry handgun permit ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Official at Heart of IRS Tea Party Scandal Spiked Audits of Big Dark-Money Donors
Tea party members protest in front of the John Weld Peck Federal Building in Cincinnati, Ohio, during a nationwide protest at IRS offices on May 21, 2013. Ernest ...via Mother Jones -
Mississippi Could Soon Jail Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages
Mississippi's manslaughter laws were not intended to apply in cases of stillbirths and miscarriages. Four times between 1998 through 2002, Mississippi lawmakers rejected ...via Mother Jones -
I Built This AK-47. It's Legal and Totally Untraceable.
We crowd in as our three hosts, all expert gun assemblers, hand out waivers with a list of questions: Are you a convicted felon? Ever been dishonorably discharged from the ...via Mother Jones



