Politics

US Muslims to GOP: If You're Trying to Lose Our Votes, You're Doing a Good Job

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Stephen Colbert to America: I'm "Honored" and Ready to Serve in the US Senate

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Offshore Tax Haven Money Could Save Us From the Fiscal Cliff

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What Can Washington Do About Iran?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 6, 2012

Elliott Abrams, Massacre-Denialist, Hailed as a Statesman

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Jim DeMint Is Resigning: Here Are His 7 Craziest Moments

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Rand Paul

Rand Paul Doesn't Know Which Industries Actually Dominate His State

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Obama Data Guru: I'm Not a Sorcerer, I'm You

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House Republican Conspiracy Theorist Hearts the Word "Lunatic"

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Obama to GOP: No More Debt Ceiling Blackmail

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8 Drones That Aren't Out to Kill You

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Susan Rice: A Victim of GOP Hypocrisy?

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Will Obama Beat Back a "Nuclear" Attack by the Big Banks?

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How the War on Drugs Caused the Fake Pot Problem

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4 Measures in the Defense Authorization Bill That Are Good for Women

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Texas Secessionists Have a Political Action Committee Now

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Do We Really Need to Start the 2016 Election Already?

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The Republican Who Could Kill Affirmative Action and the Voting Rights Act

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Is the UN About to Take Over the Internet?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 5, 2012
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America's 50 Worst State Legislatures

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Illustration: James Yang

Transgender People Want Shrinks to Stop Calling Them Crazy

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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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