Politics

Soledad O'Brien Slams GOP Senator on Food Stamps

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Americans for Prosperity Lures Michigan Right-to-Work Fans With Gas Cards, Free Food

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Breaking: The US Military Can't Decide Whether to Be Nice to Afghans

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Tea Party Trying to Kill Obamacare…by Friday

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Sen. Joe Manchin's Lonely War on MTV's Trashy "Buckwild"

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 11, 2012

A Plan to Stop the Feds From Reading Your Emails

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Corn on Hardball: Binders Full of Women, Legitimate Rape, 47 Percent, and Other Memorable Election Quotes

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Most Americans Are Still Too Fat to Defend America

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"47 Percent" Remark: Quote of the Year
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Obama for America's Magic Number: $1.4 Billion

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 10, 2012

Is That a Switchblade in Your Pocket?

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Illustration: Michael Witte

Move Over, NRA. Meet the Knife Lobby.

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Obama Inauguration Accepting Unlimited Corporate Cash

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Supreme Court

Risk to Same-Sex Marriage "Very Great" in Supreme Court

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Dick Armey: "This Kind of Secrecy Is Why I Left" FreedomWorks

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Jim DeMint: 47 Percenter

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Controversial Anti-Abortion, Pro-Creationism Evangelist Makes a John Lennon Movie

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 7, 2012

Michigan's Own Scott Walker-Style Showdown Is Coming

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Will Big Oil Keep Its Subsidies in a Fiscal-Cliff Deal?

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GOP Resurrects Plan to Rig Electoral College

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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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