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There Are Several Thousand Secret Photos of America's Horrific Torture Program. Should Obama Release Them?

—Michael Mechanic

These Charts Show How Ronald Reagan Actually Expanded the Federal Government

The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us Is The Widest It's Been In 30 Years. Here's One Reason Why.

Lots of Americans don't have bank accounts.

—Erika Eichelberger

It Is the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Christmas Truce

We almost never celebrate peacemakers, so why so much fanfare for the famous Christmas Truce?

—Adam Hochschild

There Are Several Thousand Secret Photos of America's Horrific Torture Program. Should Obama Release Them?

—Michael Mechanic

These Charts Show How Ronald Reagan Actually Expanded the Federal Government

The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us Is The Widest It's Been In 30 Years. Here's One Reason Why.

Lots of Americans don't have bank accounts.

—Erika Eichelberger

It Is the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Christmas Truce

We almost never celebrate peacemakers, so why so much fanfare for the famous Christmas Truce?

—Adam Hochschild

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There Are Several Thousand Secret Photos of America's Horrific Torture Program. Should Obama Release Them?

—Michael Mechanic

These Charts Show How Ronald Reagan Actually Expanded the Federal Government

The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us Is The Widest It's Been In 30 Years. Here's One Reason Why.

—Erika Eichelberger

It Is the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Christmas Truce

—Adam Hochschild

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The Cost of US Wars Since 9/11: $1.6 Trillion

—Erika Eichelberger and AJ Vicens

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How Our 1989 Invasion of Panama Explains the Current US Foreign Policy Mess

—Greg Grandin

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A Majority of Cop Killers Have Been White

—Gabrielle Canon

Here Is President Obama's Statement on Today's Tragedy In New York

—Ben Dreyfuss

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Watch President Obama Call on Female Reporters for Every Single Question During Friday's Presser

Elizabeth Warren: Wall Street Just Got Another Giveaway

—Erika Eichelberger

Obama: Sony "Made a Mistake" Stopping the Release of "The Interview"

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Sean Penn on Sony Pulling "The Interview": This Sends ISIS an "Invitation"

Americans Are More Concerned About Racism Than at Anytime Since Rodney King

Could Bacteria Help Convict Rapists?

—Jenna McLaughlin

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Is Protecting Gun Rights Really a Growing Priority for Americans?

—Bryan Schatz

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Inside Obama's Family Deportation Mill

The Spending Bill Contains Anti-Abortion Measures. Here's Why Planned Parenthood Supported It Anyway.

—Erika Eichelberger

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The Pope Just Helped the US and Cuba Make Up. What International Conflict Will He Fix Next?

8 Weird Things You Can Buy for the Republican or Democrat In Your Life This Holiday Season

Nebraska and Oklahoma Sue to Overturn Legal Weed in Colorado

—Josh Harkinson

How Will We Look Back on Drone Strikes in 2019?

—Tom Engelhardt

Executions Just Hit a 20-Year Low

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The First Person Jeb Bush Followed on Twitter Was Karl Rove

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These Charts Show How Ronald Reagan Actually Expanded the Federal Government

The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us Is The Widest It's Been In 30 Years. Here's One Reason Why.

VIDEO

Watch President Obama Call on Female Reporters for Every Single Question During Friday's Presser

Obama: Sony "Made a Mistake" Stopping the Release of "The Interview"

INTERACTIVES

Map: The United States of Legal Weed

How the Billionaire Brothers Spread Their Web of Influence Across Every Sector of Society

MAPS

Here Are the Places Ferguson Protesters Have Shut Down

Map: How Long Does Your State Give Rape Survivors to Pursue Justice?

LONGREADS

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The Science of Why Cops Shoot Young Black Men

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