Politics

America's Love/Hate Relationship with Debt

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Obama's Jobs Council Fail

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"A Killing Machine": Half of All Mass Shooters Used High-Capacity Magazines

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Corn on MSNBC: Will Immigration Reform Survive Congress?

Obama Lays Out His Pitch for Immigration Reform

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Here Is a List of Extremists Who Agree With Chuck Hagel on Ending Nukes

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Obama Pretty Much Gives up on Closing Gitmo

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How the Senate's "Security Requirement" Could Kill Immigration Reform

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Republicans Urge Party to Become More Open, Ignore Major Newspapers

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 29, 2013

Anti-Abortion Group to Lawmakers: Please, Let's Talk About Rape!

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Top Conservatives Run PAC That Funded White Nationalists

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Boy Scouts May Allow Gay Members…Sort Of

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America Lost in Afghanistan. What Happens Next?

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Sex Ed Program Provokes Fight Over Planned Parenthood in North Dakota

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Atlas Shrugged

Sen. Ron Johnson: We're Living in Atlas Shrugged

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 28, 2013
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Retiring Senator: Congress Doesn't Work Because We Fundraise Way Too Much

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The Senate Immigration Plan Isn't Terrible—It's Just Unworkable

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New Arizona Bill Wants Hospitals Policing Immigration

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In the Future, Everyone Will Have a Super-PAC

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Roe: The Next 40 Years

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What the Senate Filibuster Deal Does—and Doesn't Do

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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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