Will America's nuclear waste repository ever open, and, more important: should it?

As former soldiers testified about wrongdoing on the battlefield, congressional Democrats scored a fleeting victory in the ongoing war funding fight.

The President of the Environmental Working Group explains why the farm bill that just passed Congress represents a monumental opportunity lost.

Political Coverage from the Mother Jones Bureau in D.C.

Four years after my moms exchanged vows in San Francisco, the state of CA finally decided they could get married. This time, I'll give them both away at their wedding.

Four years after my moms exchanged vows in San Francisco, the state of CA finally decided they could get married. This time, I'll give them both away at their wedding.

Fifteen numbers that indicate how much less safe we are now than we were in January 2001, when George W. Bush entered the Oval Office.

Fifteen numbers that indicate how much less safe we are now than we were in January 2001, when George W. Bush entered the Oval Office.

It's like the old days of the women's movement in the U.S. and the informal consciousness-raising get-togethers that blew the collective mind of my generation.

It's like the old days of the women's movement in the U.S. and the informal consciousness-raising get-togethers that blew the collective mind of my generation.

We're the ones who kicked global warming off; now, the planet is starting to take over the job.

With congressional Democrats moving to ban one of corporate America's most useful tricks, industry is fighting back with a 63-year-old widow who squeezed $281 out of Sears.

We're the ones who kicked global warming off; now, the planet is starting to take over the job.