Politics

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).

Rep. Darrell Issa: Tea Party-Targeting IRS Staffers Took Their Orders From Washington

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Valerie Plame

How Obama's FBI Nominee James Comey Triggered the Plamegate Investigation

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Student Loan Debt Is a Beast. Here Are Elizabeth Warren's, President Obama's, and the GOP's Plans to Fix It.

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Cigarette Maker Funded Dark-Money Conservative Groups

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Sorry, There's Been No Economic Recovery for Poor and Minority Households

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American Muslim Who Claims He Was Tortured Abroad Sues FBI

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The Booming Global Arms Trade Is Creating a New Cold War

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Banks Are Doing Better Than Ever. The Middle Class, Not So Much.

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Donald Trump Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Trump Starts His 2016 Dance

Why Iran's Hackers Might Be Scarier Than China's

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Bachmann's Right: The Founders Would "Hardly Even Recognize" America Today

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After Bachmann, Who's America's Next Top Wacky Right-Winger?

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ACLU Takes On Arizona's Ban on Sex- and Race-Selective Abortions

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JCPenney Hitler tea kettle billboard in Culver City, California

Anti-Defamation League, Mayor of Culver City Respond to JCPenney's Hitler Teakettle Billboard

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Ann Marie Buerkle

Anti-Consumer Tea Partier Nominated For Consumer Protection Job

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Newtown's 911 Calls: Will Connecticut Block the Public From Ever Hearing Them?

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Anonymous Wants to Teach Rape Prevention in Schools

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Naming Our Nameless, Ongoing War

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Ken Cuccinelli

Flashback: Virginia Gov. Candidate Cuccinelli Investigated "Sextravaganza"

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Indiana's Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood Is Dead

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Obamacare Is Forcing Cuts to High-End Health Plans, and Not Just For the Rich

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E.W. Jackson

E.W. Jackson’s First Battle: Fighting AIDS Prevention Efforts

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Can Facebook and Reddit Fix America's Maternity Leave Problem?

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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

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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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