Politics

Twitter Just Made It Harder for the NSA to Read Your Private Tweets

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USC Divestment

Why Institutional Divestment Might Be One of Our Best Tools For Fighting Climate Change

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Will Fake Sugars Kill You?

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Susan Hutchinson

This Woman State GOP Chair Is Paid $20K Less Than Her Male Predecessor

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 22, 2013

Why Do CNN and HLN Keep Giving Airtime to George Zimmerman's White-Power Buddy?

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JFK assassination

The Real Conspiracy Behind the JFK Assassination

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The House GOP's Hypocrisy on "Too-Big-To-Fail"

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FedEx Field

Are Coke and FedEx Worried About Sponsoring the Redskins?

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Sad GOP senators

The GOP's Filibuster Freak-Out: 13 Dramatic Reactions From Senate Republicans

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FEC: We Won't Treat Tea Partiers Like Jim Crow-Era NAACP Supporters

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Harry Reid goes nuclear

Senate Dems Just Went Nuclear and Changed the Filibuster. Here's Why.

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The IRS Tea Party Scandal, Explained

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 21, 2013

Support Grows In House to Save Food Stamps by Killing Farm Bill

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Here's Another High School Football Team Promoting the "Trail of Tears"

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Barack Obama

Here's Why Insurers Probably Won't Go Along With Obama's Obamacare Fix

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8 Inventions You Thought Were Patent-Free But Could Get You Sued If You Use Them

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Here's How Walmart Could Pay Workers a Decent Wage Without Raising Prices

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Creigh Deeds

Are Cuts to Virginia's Mental Health Programs Implicated in Creigh Deeds' Son's Attempted Murder/Suicide?

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The Fight Over How to Stop Military Sexual Assault, Explained

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 20, 2013

US Spent Billions on Afghan Projects That Will Fall Apart When We Leave

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CHARTS

How Much Money Does Gun Violence Cost in Your State?

3 Tax Day Charts to Boost Your Blood Pressure

VIDEO

Here's What the Nepalese Earthquake Devastation Looks Like From a Drone

Obama Just Burned GOP Climate Deniers in "Anger Translator" Rant

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

My Travels on the Clinton Conspiracy Trail
The True Cost of Gun Violence

The True Cost of Gun Violence in America

PHOTO ESSAYS

gun violence survivors

This Is What It's Really Like to Survive a Gunshot

Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless

Photo Essays + Slideshows

Fuck Love

These Photos Show What Life Is Like for Girls in Juvenile Detention

Richard Ross has spent nearly a decade documenting the lives of incarcerated kids.

Some Hopeful Images From Baltimore: Residents Uniting to Clean Up the City

During Monday night's unrest, 15 officers were injured and dozens of businesses destroyed.

Plant Tomatoes. Harvest Lower Crime Rates.

A growing body of research shows that urban farms reduce violence.

"I'm a Man in a Dress, and I'm Not Afraid to Show That"

"Beautiful by Night" captures the transformations of San Francisco's veteran drag queens.

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