Politics

Obama Administration: Here's How the Obamacare Rollout Will Work

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Sen. Schumer's Bright Idea: Ray Kelly for DHS Secretary

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New Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz

Why the Latest Zimmerman Race Riot Conspiracy Theory Is the Dumbest Yet

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Rick Perry

Rick Perry's New Quest: Middle East Peace

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Steve King and Immigration: His 8 Greatest Hits

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5 Key Questions That Could Determine George Zimmerman's Fate

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Verdict Nears in Trayvon Martin Case—and the Right Fixates on Race Riots

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Farm Bill Passes House with Zero Funding for Food Stamps

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Elizabeth Warren and John McCain Introduce Bill to Bust Up Big Banks

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MQ-9 Reaper

Is the US-Mexico Border Turning into a War Zone?

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A Nevada Man Says His 3rd Amendment Rights Were Violated. Wait, What?

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GOP Plan to Split Up Farm Bill Could Doom Food Stamps

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The 4 Worst New Anti-Abortion Laws…in the Past 3 Weeks

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The State of Immigration Reform in the House: "Who the Hell Knows"

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8 Questions About Snowden's "Flight of Liberty"

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The Beginning of the End of LGBT Workplace Discrimination?

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Liz Warren and Chuck Schumer

Senate Democrats Spar Over Wall Street Reform

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The Biggest Secret Trade Deal You've Never Heard Of, Explained

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"The Jester" Hacks Top Venezuelan Newspaper Over Snowden

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GOP Super-Lawyer Jim Bopp Crashes Press Conference Call About Jim Bopp

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Syrian rebel

Report: Congressional Intel Committees Delay Aid to Syrian Rebels

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NYC protests

Why Violent Right-wing Extremism Doesn’t Scare Americans

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criminal deportations

These Numbers Show the Obama Administration Isn't Following Its Own Deportation Policy

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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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