Politics

michael hastings

RIP Michael Hastings. Here's His Advice to Young Journalists.

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Sen. Reid: "Poison Pill" Immigration Amendment Will Get a Vote

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The GOP Tries to Redefine Rape Exemptions—Again

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Soros-Backed Super-PAC to New York Pols: Pass Reform or We're Taking You Down

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5 New Revelations About NSA Surveillance

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Study: Poor People More Likely to Get a Job If They Work for Free First

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Wall Street Banks Still Engaged in Pre-Crash Shenanigans

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Rep. Michael Burgess

Republican Congressman Opposes Abortion Partly Because Male Fetuses Play With Their Genitals

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US Army FIM-92 Stinger missile

US Military Set To Train Women for Elite Combat Roles by 2015

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Gov. Rick Scott Deflowers Florida

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Drone Pilots: "Overpaid, Underworked, and Bored"

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Charts: Here's How Often Google and Facebook Say Yes to Government Snoops

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Supreme Court: Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote Is Unconstitutional

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Want to Know How Your Rep. Voted on Wall Street Regs? Check the Campaign Cash.

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The 5 Uncontrollable Urges of the US Security State

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7 New Revelations From Edward Snowden

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Are Conservatives More Likely Than Liberals to Avoid Cognitive Dissonance?

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Senate Democrats Taking Cautious "Blumenthal Mindset" on Immigration Reform

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Republicans Want to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks. Here's How One Group Is Fighting Back.

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This Is What a Multimillionaire Calling In His Chits Looks Like

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Your Hormones Tell You How to Vote

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Blumenthal: "I'm Not Going to Doom Immigration Reform"

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House Passes Bill That Could Lead to Another Financial Crash—But Reformers Claim Victory

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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

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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

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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