Politics

Teddy

Gallop Poll: A Brief History of Politicians Falling Off Horses

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City Wifi: Fast, Cheap, and No You Can't Have It

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The Quiet Horrors of House Arrest, Electronic Monitoring, and Other Alternative Forms of Incarceration

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The Cop Who Choked Eric Garner to Death Won't Have to Pay a Dime in Damages

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Watch Molly Redden on the GOP Women Protesting the 20-Week Abortion Ban
U.S. Navy SEALs jump from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter.

Last Year America Sent Special Ops Forces Into Almost 70% of the Countries in the World

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Justice Department Clears Darren Wilson of Civil Rights Charges

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks Citizens United Is the Supreme Court's Worst Ruling

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Is the Supreme Court About to Gut Another Civil Rights Law?

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The Secret History of the GOP's New Abortion Ban

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Carlos Curbelo

GOP Speech Pushes Immigration Reform—in Spanish Version Only

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The Problem With Obama's Bold SOTU

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Watch John Boehner React to What Obama Said About Gay Marriage

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watch the state of the union

Watch the Video of President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Right Here

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This Is an Early Contender for the Worst #SOTU Tweet of the Night

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This Map Shows the West's Spreading Anti-Terror Crackdown

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Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney Shifts His Position on Climate Change—Again

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Joni Ernst SOTU

After Mother Jones Story, GOP Changes Tune on Spanish-Language SOTU Address

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Joni Ernst

GOP's Big Spanish SOTU Response Will Be a Translation of English-Only Advocate Joni Ernst's Speech

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Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst Is Giving the GOP Rebuttal to Obama's State of the Union Speech. Here's What You Need to Know About Her.

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Barack Obama

Obama Has Only Vetoed 2 Bills. That's About to Change—Thanks to Democrats

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Obama Wants Companies to Stop Stealing Your Data. Good Luck.

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Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee’s PAC Paid His Family Almost $400,000

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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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