Politics

Scott Prouty

Meet Scott Prouty, the 47 Percent Video Source

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The World Has Its First Jesuit Pope. Will He Really Help the Poor?

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Poped Out

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Will Big Donors Get Special Access to Obama? Group Still Won't Say

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Pope Francis I is Really, Really Opposed to Gay Adoption

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Here's How a GOP Congressman Opposed the Violence Against Women Act—Then Pretended He Was for It

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Waiting Periods in South Dakota: Guns v. Abortions

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Study: Blacks Twice as Likely as Whites to Get Death Penalty in This Texas County

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New Black Panther on Fox News

Shocker: Civil Rights Agency Did Not Discriminate Against Conservatives, Whites

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 13, 2013

Research: Less Access to Guns Does Reduce Suicide

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Should Colleges Buy Ammo for Student Gun Clubs?

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Will Congress Unfriend Mark Zuckerberg?

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Source of 47 Percent Video to Go Public

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Report: The CIA Increasing Operations in Iraq

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GOP Congressman Still Wants to Ban "Obamaphones"

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Giant Mosquitoes Set to Plague Fla. Gov. Rick Scott

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 12, 2013
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Mother of "Dancing with the Stars" Alum Bristol Palin to Write Book About Christmas

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Corn on Hardball: "Maybe The Bar Is Very Low for Some Republicans"

A Labor Secretary Pick Progressives Will Love—and Republicans Will Hate

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The White House Is for Sale Under Barack Obama, Too

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How I Was Offered My Very Own Safari

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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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