Politics

Gabby Giffords firing range gun

Gabby Giffords Kicks Off Her 7-State Background Checks Tour by Firing a Handgun

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Regulators to Beef Up Wall Street Rules…Thanks to Republicans?!

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Wendy Davis

The 10 Most Absurd Things Texas Republicans Said About Abortion This Year

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Kelly Ayotte

Dark-Money Group Defended Kelly Ayotte With Money From Her Colleagues' PACs

By Michael Beckel, Center for Public Integrity

What's Behind the BART Strike?

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Jennifer Lopez in Gigli

After Serenading a Dictator, Jennifer Lopez Won't Say If She'll Keep the Fee

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Edward Snowden

5 Things Running Through the Minds of Whistleblowers Like Edward Snowden

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5 Intriguing New NSA Revelations From Edward Snowden

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Ohio Joins the War on Women, Redefines Pregnancy

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36 Chambers cover

Meet the Wu-Tang Clan of Immigration Reform

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The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed

—By Michael Grabell, ProPublica

VIDEO: "I Now Pronounce You: Spouses for Life"

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Wee the People: A Filibuster Pee Break Flowchart

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Protesters with a sign that says "Yes we scan"

FAQ: What You Need to Know About the NSA’s Surveillance Programs

—By Jonathan Stray, ProPublica

Occupy San Francisco

What the Occupy Wall Street Crackdown Can Teach Us About NSA Spying

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Senate Passes Historic Immigration Reform Bill—and House GOP Faces Moment of Truth

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Virginia Gov. Candidate Cuccinelli Asks Supreme Court to Revive Ban on Oral, Anal Sex

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Here Are the 14 Republicans Who Voted for Immigration Reform

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rick perry

Rick Perry's 3 Dumbest Comments on Teen Pregnancy

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waiter with plate of pasta and a virus

Will Your State's Waiters Give You the Flu?

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Forced to Work Sick? That's Fine With Disney, Red Lobster, and Their Friends at ALEC

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Peeing During Filibusters, Explained

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Can We Stop Talking About Wendy Davis' Shoes Yet?

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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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