Politics

Sheriff Richard Mack Aims to Save America From Gun Control

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Senator: Let's Have a Targeted Killing Court

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US Quietly Ramps Up Security Along the Canadian Border

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5 Questions John Brennan Dodged in His CIA Confirmation Hearing

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Businesswoman and Obama fundraiser Penny Pritzker

Penny Pritzker, Longtime Obama Fundraiser, May Finally Get Her Cabinet Position

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Poll: Drone Strikes on American Terror Suspects No Longer Popular

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"Most Transparent Administration Ever" Is Still Not

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Obama Released Bush's Torture Memos. Why Not Release the Targeted-Killing Memos?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 7, 2013
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The Great Texas–California Flame War of 2013

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NRA Pushes Bill to Outlaw Anti-Smoking Programs

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Invisible Women: The Real History of Domestic Workers in America

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Letters to Newtown

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Corn on Hardball: Drones Under Scrutiny

Conservative Judges' Ruling Would Have Invalidated Hundreds of GOP Recess Appointments, Not Just Obama's

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Former Target Store Manager to Oversee Nation's Nuclear Security

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 6, 2013

Will Democrats Sell Your Political Opinions to Credit Card Companies?

By Lois Beckett, ProPublica

Timeline: The Boy Scouts' Long History of Anti-Gay Discrimination

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Report: These 54 Foreign Governments Helped the CIA Torture, Detain, and Transport Suspects After 9/11

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Paying the Bin Laden Tax

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Two Years Later, The Florida Bar Takes Action Against Foreclosure Baron David J. Stern

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Here's a Potential GOP Senate Candidate Playing Beer Pong

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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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