Politics

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After Obama Win, Calls For Secession Pour In (Again)

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 13, 2012

The New Flyover Country

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Obama Promised (Again) That He'd Close Gitmo. So Can He?

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Corn on Hardball: How Did The GOP Get So Delusional?
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The David Petraeus Scandal, Explained

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In Election's Wake, Washington Prosecutors Scrap 220 Marijuana Cases

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The Internet Gets Its Slut-Shaming Kicks Over Paula Broadwell

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Fiscal Cliff? Not So Much. Call It a Fiscal Obstacle Course.

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 12, 2012

Oliver Stone's History of the United States

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SHOCKER: Allen West Not Going Down Quietly

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What's Going on With the Fiscal Cliff?

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60 Percent of Women in Congress Were Girl Scouts

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Welcome to the Amsterdam of the Rockies

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11 Things the Lame-Duck Congress Might Do

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The Man Behind Citizens United Says 2012 Has Vindicated Him

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These Guys Want to Buy Up Your Debt and Set You Free

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Supreme Court Appears Ready to Nuke the Voting Rights Act

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Coal Exec Blames Obama As He Lays Off Miners

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CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns

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Obama Raised $300 Million With Big-Dollar Bundlers

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 9, 2012

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

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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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