Politics

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 9, 2013

"You've Got to Pick Yourself Up and Go Forward."

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Washington's Vanishing Lobbyists Hide Behind the Rules

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Secret Tape: McConnell and Aides Weighed Using Judd's Mental Health and Religion As Political Ammo

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Mitch McConnell pointing his finger

Full Transcript and Audio of Mitch McConnell Campaign's Meeting on Ashley Judd
David Corn on television

Corn on Hardball: Obama Needs to Keep Pushing Gun Control

Obama Demands a Vote on Gun Reforms As Republicans Threaten to Filibuster

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Bursting the Thatcher Bubble

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Michael Bay's Armageddon Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler

Obama Administration: Don't Worry, We'll Only Drag Small Asteroids Toward Earth

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 8, 2013
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The Ready for Hillary Super-PAC Is the Real Deal

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How Walmart, ExxonMobil, and Coke Buy Latino Friends in Congress

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CHARTS: Where Did the Money Donated to Columbine, Aurora, and Virginia Tech Mass-Shooting Victims Go?

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Texas Woos "Persecuted" Gun Companies

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Video: The Homeless Tent City in Google and Facebook's Backyard
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Does Obama Have a Plan to Capture an Asteroid?

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Missouri Lawmaker: No Welfare If Your Kid Gets Mono or Depression

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Barack Obama

The Big GAO Report on Political Intel is Kind of Meh

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Judge Rules That Emergency Contraception Should Be Available to Everyone

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 5, 2013

Donor Advisory Group Flags Berman Nonprofits

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Is Your Favorite Baseball Team's Owner Still an Asshole?

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Top Dem on Gun Control Says She's Working With GOPers—But Won't Give Names or Numbers

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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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