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Here's Why So Many of Europe's Migrants Have their Hearts Set on Germany

The country has long been the most receptive in Europe to refugees.

—Tim McDonnell

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Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever

Here are some of the most paranoid and bizarro Obama conspiracy theories out there.

By Asawin Suebsaeng and Dave Gilson / Illustrations by Steve Brodner

The Spam Factory's Dirty Secret

First, Hormel gutted the union. Then it sped up the line. And when the pig-brain machine made workers sick, they got canned.

—Ted Genoways

Trans rights activists

Health Insurance Companies Are Even More Horrible If You're Trans

Here's how the Obama administration is trying to fix that.

—Molly Redden

Here's Why So Many of Europe's Migrants Have their Hearts Set on Germany

The country has long been the most receptive in Europe to refugees.

—Tim McDonnell

obama conspiracy theories

Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever

Here are some of the most paranoid and bizarro Obama conspiracy theories out there.

By Asawin Suebsaeng and Dave Gilson / Illustrations by Steve Brodner

The Spam Factory's Dirty Secret

First, Hormel gutted the union. Then it sped up the line. And when the pig-brain machine made workers sick, they got canned.

—Ted Genoways

Trans rights activists

Health Insurance Companies Are Even More Horrible If You're Trans

Here's how the Obama administration is trying to fix that.

—Molly Redden

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Here's Why So Many of Europe's Migrants Have their Hearts Set on Germany

—Tim McDonnell

Baltimore Just Proposed a Settlement With Freddie Gray's Family

—Tim McDonnell

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Is Breaking Every Rule of Political Branding and Getting Away With It

Trans rights activists

Health Insurance Companies Are Even More Horrible If You're Trans

—Molly Redden

Here's What Rappers Have to Say About Donald Trump

—Miles E. Johnson

Guatemala's President Resigned and Spent the Night in Jail. What's Next?

First Gay Couple Can Marry in County Where Clerk Went to Jail

More School Choice Means Long, Lonely Commutes for Kids

—Stephanie Mencimer

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Black Lives Matter protest

Here's the Conservative Playbook for Tearing Down Black Lives Matter

—Brandon Ellington Patterson

Germany Has Taken In 800,000 Refugees. Guess How Many the US Has Taken In?

—Ben Dreyfuss

This Map Shows Who Wants to Move to Your Country

If Only Every Lawmaker in the Country Performed a Whip/Nae Nae YouTube Dance to Get the Budget Passed

Nuclear Weapons Complex That Couldn't Keep Out 82-Year-Old Nun Is Still Unsafe

—Patrick Malone and Center for Public Integrity

Donald Trump Screws Up GOP Loyalty Pledge, Making it Extra-Meaningless

Is Donald Trump Setting Up the GOP for his Biggest Prank Yet?

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Kansas Republicans May Have Just Shut Down the State's Court System

Kentucky Clerk Held in Contempt of Court for Refusing to Issue Gay Marriage Licenses

Taxi driver protests Uber

Your Cheap Uber Rides May Be Going Away. And That's a Good Thing.

—Josh Harkinson

The GOP's Problem Is Not Donald Trump

How the Refugees Crisis Is Wreaking Havoc on the European Union

—Max J. Rosenthal

Rand Paul: Troll Me, and I'll Track Your Phone

Hillary Clinton Announces Support to Ban Wall Street Bonuses for Government Officials

Inside the Major Court Case That Will End Indefinite Solitary Confinement in California

—Gabrielle Canon

CHARTS

This Chart Will Make You Even More Pissed Off About Your Ballooning Student Debt

Getting a Home Loan Is Expensive—Especially for Black Women

VIDEO

If Only Every Lawmaker in the Country Performed a Whip/Nae Nae YouTube Dance to Get the Budget Passed

Donald Trump's TV Commercials: The Greatest Hits

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Here Are 3 Gun Control Proposals That Republicans Actually Support

Puerto Rico Crisis Goes From Bad to Worse

MAPS

This Map Shows Who Wants to Move to Your Country

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It's Not Just Flags. All These Public Schools Are Named After Notorious Racists.

LONGREADS

This Man Sat in Jail for 110 Days—After He Already Did His Time

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