Politics

Corn on MSNBC: Does McCain Have a Grudge Against Chuck Hagel?

Don't Expect Anyone to Ask Chuck Hagel About an Orphanage Massacre During Vietnam

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ronald reagan toasting barack obama beer

No, the University of Chicago Isn't Tearing Down Reagan's Childhood Home to Make Way for an Obama Parking Lot

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South Dakota Bill Implies Women Can't Think on Weekends

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The GOP's Plan to Rig the Electoral College, Explained

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Limbaugh: Cubans Work Hard, Unlike Mexicans

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To Recruit Cops, the NRA Dangles Freebies Paid for by Gun Companies

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Mississippi Bill Would Ban Manimals, Mermen, and Minotaurs

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 31, 2013

Good News for People Who Like Guns and Vacation Homes

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On Hagel Day, We Recall His Half-Courageous Stand on the Iraq War

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Paul Krugman: Austerity Is Not the Answer

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Ken Cuccinelli

Ken Cuccinelli's Messy Relationship With Mental Health

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Hardliners Killed Bush's Immigration Reform. Can They Stop Obama's?

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10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down

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Corn on Hardball: "You've Got to Fight Intensity With Intensity"

Arkansas Advances Anti-Abortion "Heartbeat" Bill

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What's Happening With Immigration Reform, Explained

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Why Mass Shootings Deserve Deeper Investigation

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6 Things We Learned at the Senate's Big Guns Hearing

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The US Senate Will Now Have More Black Members Than Ever in Its History: 2

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Harry Reid

Bizarre Utah Bribery Case Sucks In Harry Reid

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 30, 2013

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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