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Scott Walker Would Be the Most Conservative GOP Presidential Candidate in 50 Years

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There Will Be Fewer Child Migrants This Year, But the Crisis Isn't Over

Even as the journey north has gotten harder, thousands of kids are fleeing Central America for the United States.

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Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Chris Christie in front of coated steel pipes.

Why Is the Keystone XL So Crucial to the GOP's Vision for the Future?

Republicans running in 2016 see the pipeline as the first step towards building a North American energy fortress. Yikes.

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David Brock

Let the Hillaryland Infighting Begin

David Brock is already bickering with the old Obamians helping Clinton.

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Scott Walker Would Be the Most Conservative GOP Presidential Candidate in 50 Years

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There Will Be Fewer Child Migrants This Year, But the Crisis Isn't Over

Even as the journey north has gotten harder, thousands of kids are fleeing Central America for the United States.

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Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Chris Christie in front of coated steel pipes.

Why Is the Keystone XL So Crucial to the GOP's Vision for the Future?

Republicans running in 2016 see the pipeline as the first step towards building a North American energy fortress. Yikes.

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David Brock

Let the Hillaryland Infighting Begin

David Brock is already bickering with the old Obamians helping Clinton.

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5 States Where Republicans Are Getting Serious About Criminal Justice Reform

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "I Wasn't 100 Percent Sober" During SOTU Address

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Judge Says That Claiming to Cure Homosexuality Is Consumer Fraud

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Ted Cruz, Closet Keynesian: Read His 2009 Defense of President Obama's Stimulus

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There Will Be Fewer Child Migrants This Year, But the Crisis Isn't Over

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Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Chris Christie in front of coated steel pipes.

Why Is the Keystone XL So Crucial to the GOP's Vision for the Future?

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Real Talk on Cops and Race From the Head of the FBI

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David Brock

Let the Hillaryland Infighting Begin

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The Internet Is Freaking Out About This Video of Obama Using a Selfie Stick

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: America Is Ready to Accept a Pro-Gay-Marriage SCOTUS Ruling

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GOP Lawsuit Says Obama's Immigration Plan Costs States Big Bucks. That's Wrong.

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Black elementary schools students in lunch detention.

In the Nation's Capital, Fewer Than Half of Black Males Graduate From High School

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Arizona's New Governor: We Have No Money for Public Education, But Let's Fund This Private Prison

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The US Is the Only Country In the World That Locks Up Kids For Life. Could That Finally Change?

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Montana GOP Legislator Wants to Ban Yoga Pants

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Man Arrested for Fatal Shootings of Three Muslim Students Near University of North Carolina

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Can the Guy Who Brought You "Friends" Win the Propaganda War Against ISIS and Putin?

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Hobby Lobby 2: Inside Republicans' Plan to Kill America's Most Effective Anti-Teen-Pregnancy Program

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As a Lawyer, Ted Cruz Defended Huge Jury Awards. As a Politician, He Opposed Them.

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The CIA's Secret Psychological Profiles of Dictators and World Leaders Are Amazing

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Judge Rules You Can't Sue the NSA for Secretly Spying on You Unless You Prove You're Being Secretly Spied On

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Guantanamo protests.

These 6 Military Heroes Spoke Out Against Torture After 9/11

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Egomaniacal. Trollish. Vindictive. Twitter and Putin Have a Lot in Common, So Why Are They Fighting?

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Please Keep Asking Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "How Many Women on the Supreme Court Are Enough?"

INTERACTIVES

Map: The United States of Legal Weed

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

MAPS

Do You Live in a State With Low Vaccination Rates?

This Map Shows the West's Spreading Anti-Terror Crackdown

LONGREADS

Warren Farrell

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The Secret History of the GOP's New Abortion Ban

PHOTO ESSAYS

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Army Spc. Natasha Scheutte, 21, was sexually assaulted by her drill sergeant.

Women Who Risked Everything to Expose Sexual Assault in the Military

Photo Essays + Slideshows

From Russia With Love: Photos of Brave Gay Activists Fighting Homophobia

Russian gay activists show amazing courage in the face of violence and laws designed to drive them underground.

Phone Sex Operators

When you dial a 1-900 number, who picks up the phone?

Past Tents: Beautiful Photos of an Old-School One-Ring Circus

Photographer Norma I. Quintana runs away with the circus.

Great Photos of High Life and Low Life in the American Desert

From shabby motels to Palm Springs stagecraft, three photobooks offer varying takes on western living.

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