Politics

Elizabeth Warren's Consumer Watchdog Forces JPMorgan to Pay $329 Million

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George Clooney and Don Cheadle's letter to Obama about genocide Darfur

Read George Clooney and Don Cheadle's Letter Asking Obama To Block an Alleged War Criminal's US Visit

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Why Washington's Trillions of Military Dollars Would Be Better Spent Elsewhere

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Here Are the News Orgs That Won't Name DC's [Redacted] Football Team

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This Is How Private Prison Companies Make Millions Even When Crime Rates Fall

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Creepy Uncle

Republicans Oppose Invasive Gynecological Procedures, New Ad Alleges

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House Republicans' Latest Obamacare Freakout: Identity Theft!

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 19, 2013

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Bobby Jindal

The Giant Big Oil Lawsuit That Bobby Jindal Wants to Make Disappear

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Can Obama Get a Budget Deal If McConnell Is MIA?

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9 Ridiculous Things in That BuzzFeed Post About Stopping Mass Shootings

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Charts: Income Growth Has Stalled for Most Americans

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Your Deadbeat Facebook Friends Could Cost You a Loan

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Navy Yard Gunman's Employer: Our Background Check Only Found a "Minor Traffic Violation"

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Report: Pentagon Audit Says the Navy Gave Contractors Too Much Access to Its Facilities

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Behind Georgia's War on Trees

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Edward Snowden

An Open Letter to the Next Edward Snowden

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 17, 2013
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This Year Is on Track to Set Another Grim Record in Mass Shootings

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Supreme Court to Cops Who Want to Search Your Cellphone: Get a Warrant

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What Does the Navy Yard Tragedy Have To Do With Race?

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Homeland Security police direct traffic near the Washington Navy Yard on Monday.

What We Do and Don't Know About the Washington Navy Yard Mass Shooting

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Trayvon

Justifiable Homicides Up 200 Percent in Florida Post-Stand Your Ground

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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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