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House GOPers Pushing for Anti-Birth-Control Measure in Debt Ceiling Deal

Why Harry Reid Fears a Long-Term Shutdown Deal

—Erika Eichelberger

VIDEO: David Corn on Whether or Not Obama Would "Kick the Can"

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In Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Showdown, GOPers Ignore Their Party's Own Advice

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A Trip Through the Desert of Israeli Democracy

—Max Blumenthal

Morgan Griffith

Unpacking the Dumbest Thing Said by a GOP Congressman About the Debt Ceiling

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 14, 2013

You Too Can Learn How to Escape Obama's FEMA Camps for Just $37

—Mariah Blake

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Map: Actual European Discoveries

—Benjy Hansen-Bundy

America’s Newest Culture War: Football

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6 Ways the World Is Reacting to the Shutdown and Debt Ceiling

—Asawin Suebsaeng

2013 Nobel laureate in medicine Randy Schekman.

Could This 2013 Nobel Laureate Afford College Today?

—Chris Mooney and Indre Viskontas

Obama's Second Nobel Peace Prize?

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South Carolina Tea Party Republican Laments Confederate Loss at Gettysburg

Flesh-Eating Zombie Drug Hits Midwest (Still Not a Joke)

—Dana Liebelson

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 11, 2013

Why Do These Democrats Keep Voting for the GOP’s Shutdown Gimmicks?

Here's Who Profits If the Government Defaults

—Erika Eichelberger

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Col. Manners on the Etiquette of War and Surveillance

—Tom Engelhardt

CHARTS: US Responsible for Most of Gains in Global Wealth, Despite Record Poverty Levels

—Erika Eichelberger

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 10, 2013

16 Ways Default Will Totally Screw Americans

—Dana Liebelson

Dan Snyder to Native Americans: We're Cool, Right? Native Americans to Dan Snyder: [Redacted]

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

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

Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless