Politics

WATCH: Snuggly the DOJ Security Bear Explains Why PRISM Isn't a Problem [Fiore Cartoon]

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Justice Dept. Loses a Round in Battle to Keep Surveillance Wrongdoing Secret

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The Private-Intelligence Boom, by the Numbers

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A screenshot of Paul Newbie TV ad

Secret Money Is Now Swaying State Judicial Elections

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Edward Snowden

What Really Drives a Whistleblower Like Edward Snowden?

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David Corn on television

Corn on "Hardball": The Rise of Paranoia Over US Surveillance
The Center for Advanced Study of Language at the University of Maryland, College

What Happens in the University of Maryland NSA Facility Where Edward Snowden Worked?

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Spot What's Wrong With Rand Paul's NSA Fundraising Email

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Trent Franks

House GOPers Are STILL Saying Dumb Things About Rape

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New York's Gov. Cuomo Unveils His Own Bill to Battle Big-Money Politics—But Does It Matter?

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Does Sen. Jeff Sessions Think Obama Is Secretly a "Radical Machiavelli"?

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Tea Partiers Don't Have a Good Legal Case Against the IRS

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Santa Monica Killer John Zawahri: A Familiar Profile

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surveillance

Here's the ACLU's Lawsuit on NSA Surveillance

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Running From the Feds? Don't Go to Hong Kong

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Study: Democratic Judges More Susceptible to Business Money Influence

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Elizabeth Warren Wants to Make it Easier for Women to Sue Employers Over Pay Discrimination

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Bradley Manning

The Gift of Bradley Manning

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Privacy Activists Worried About Immigration Bill

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 11, 2013
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Edward Snowden Said Contractors Can "Watch Your Ideas Form as You Type." How Does That Work?

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Is This Rape Case the Next Steubenville?

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Grand Theft Auto V/Rockstar Games

The Truth About Video Games and Gun Violence

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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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