Politics

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The New Right-Wing "ObamaCars" Conspiracy Theory Is Heinously Dumb

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Watch: San Francisco Celebrates Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act Decisions

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Justice Kennedy: DOMA Had to Go Because It "Humiliates Tens of Thousands of Children"

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Here's How Texas Republicans Will Crush the Wendy Davis Abortion Filibuster

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Supreme Court Rules on DOMA and Prop. 8: A Great Day to Be Gay

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What the Gay-Marriage Ruling Means for Immigration Reform

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The Best (or Worst) Lines From Scalia's Angry Dissent on the Supreme Court's Defense of Marriage Act Ruling

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Immigration Reform: Good News for Contractors

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Google: From "Don't Be Evil" to Evil Empire?

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The MOX fuel plant under construction near Aiken, South Carolina. Experts say it

How Fiscal Conservatives Learned to Love a $20 Billion Nuke Plant

By Douglas Birch and R. Jeffrey Smith, Center for Public Integrity

Angola 3's Herman Wallace Is Gravely Ill—But Still on Permanent Lockdown

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Rick Santorum Named CEO of a Christian Film Studio. Here's What He Actually Knows About Movies.

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NSA Yanks Fact Sheet Containing Dubious Information About PRISM

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Edward Blum Finally Wins His Long War on the Voting Rights Act

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There Was Some Surprisingly Good Economic News on Tuesday

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Dramatic Filibuster in Texas Defeats Anti-Abortion Bill

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The Best Lines From Ginsburg's Dissent on the Voting Rights Act Decision

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Watch: How the NRA Distorts the Gun Debate With Disinformation

Supreme Court: The Voting Rights Act Worked—So Now It's Unconstitutional

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Poof! The IRS Scandal Evaporates

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This Study Said the South Is More Racist Than the North

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Meet the WikiLeaks Guy Who Got His Gmail Seized by the Feds

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Elizabeth Warren: Why is the Government Backing Expensive Private Student Loans?

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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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