Politics

Boy Scouts Threatened to Kick Out Troop For Supporting Gay Members

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GOP Judges' Ruling Could Blow Up Obama's Consumer Watchdog

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The Assault Weapons Ban Just Doesn't Have the Votes

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John Catsimatidis

Gristedes Tycoon John Catsimatidis Launching New York Mayoral Bid Next Week

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Is Obama's Wall Street Cop Pick as Tough as She Seems?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 25, 2013

The Obama Administration Wants States to Grab Your Personal Data

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Americans Like Obama's Gun-Control Ideas—Unless You Tell Them They're Obama's

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Capitol Hill

How the NRA Undermined Congress' 2007 Gun Control Push

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Protestors in India honor gang rape victim.

A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year

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13 Photos of Presidents Packing Heat

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Shocker: NRA Survey Finds Its Members Love Its Extreme Policies

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Pentagon's Top General: Women in Combat Help Cut Down on Military Sexual Assaults

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AR-15

Dianne Feinstein Tries to Unsuck the Assault Weapons Ban

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New Mexico GOP Rep. Wins Prize for Abortion Trolling

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Real Filibuster Reform Appears to Be Dead in the Senate

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The Silly Conservative Freak-Out Over Women in Combat

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When John Kerry Was a Lone Hero in Congress

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It's Not Illegal To Buy a Gun for a Criminal

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Texas

Top Obama Organizer Wants to Turn Texas Blue

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 24, 2013

The NRA in 1905: More Mustaches, Less Politics

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The More GOPers Know About Politics, the More They Believe Conspiracy Theories

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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

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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