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Squad Goals • A wave of Democratic insurgents hope to expand the party’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wing.
Party Crashers • Some of the progressives hoping to knock off incumbent Democrats
Lynne Patton’s Unreality Show • Is the most prominent black woman in the Trump administration for real or just playing a role?
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Schtick • Ivanka Trump’s stealth damage-control campaign
Apartment Therapy • If you think prison is hard, try getting out and finding a place to live in one of the nation’s most unaffordable areas.
Marshals Law • A massive federal detention empire is flying under the radar—and so are the deaths on its watch.
It’s Now or Never for Journalism • We’re headed into a year like no other, and Mother Jones readers are doing something amazing.
House of Cards • How Joe Biden helped build a financial system that’s great for Delaware banks and terrible for the rest of us
“I Am the Bank” • Is Donald Trump’s mysterious $50 million loan evidence of tax fraud?
When Your Rape Doesn’t Count • DNA identified a serial predator. The law let him off the hook.
Get Out • Hundred of cities have adopted crime-free housing programs. But are the policies better at keeping communities safe—or keeping them white?
The Abortion Will Not Be Televised • The hairstyles and the gender politics are better now, but TV shows are still hiding the realities of ending a pregnancy in America.
Abortion On Demand
The Map That Remade an Empire
Pilot Project • Cooks like me have a deep attachment to gas stoves. But it’s time to put out the fire.
Green Moo Deal • The answer to cow burps may come from the sea.