Politics

Dem Bill Would Ban "Saturday Night Specials"

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James Ridgeway

Salute to James Ridgeway

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Does America Really Need More Cops in Schools?

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Drones: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Always Afraid to Ask

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Yes, Potential Senate Candidate Ashley Judd Has Gotten Naked on Screen. So Have These Political Figures.

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Why It's So Hard to Protest Climate Change

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Mitt Romney's "Twisted" Defense of His 47 Percent Rant

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National Treasure

N.H. GOPers: Secret Constitutional Amendment Was Deleted in 1871

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 4, 2013

On Election Night 2012, Obama Began Plotting Democrats' 2014 Takeover of Congress

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The Great American Inequality Video

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WATCH: Investigating Major League Baseball's Second-Class System in the Dominican Republic

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There's No Such Thing As the Liberal War on Science

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Inside Major League Baseball's Dominican Sweatshop System

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MAPS: Did Your Congressmember Vote Against the Violence Against Women Act?

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Ashley Judd in DC: I'm a Three-Time Rape Survivor

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The Showdown Over Gun Laws From Coast to Coast

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Al Qaeda Hits Obama for Supporting Marriage Equality

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In South Dakota, Women Can't Think on Weekends

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 1, 2013

Coal Giant's $10 Million Loan to Democrats Is Now a $10 Million Donation

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Are Foreigners Smarter Than US Workers?

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First SOPA, Now Your Privacy: Facebook, Google Flex Lobbying Muscle in Europe

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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

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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