Politics

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

Koch-Backed Group Warns Chris Christie

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GOP: Got Leaders?

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Post-Shellacking, Republicans Begin to Shift On Immigration

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Corn on MSNBC: The Fiscal Cliff Fight

Charts: Ladyparts Strike Back

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Mass Shootings: Maybe What We Need Is a Better Mental-Health Policy

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This Week in Dark Money

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The Tea Party Is Dead. Long Live the Tea Party.

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Sheldon Adelson, left, and George Soros.

Will Republican Megadonors Say Sayonara to Super-PACs?

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Did Team Romney Believe Its Own BS?

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Obama Tears Up Thanking Staff and Volunteers

Romney Adviser: Not a Single Person on the Campaign Thought He Would Lose

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Karl Rove Claims Obama 'Suppressed the Vote' by Running a Negative Campaign

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satellites in space

Space Warfare and the Future of US Global Power

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Pete Stark

Don't Let the Door Hit You, Rep. Pete Stark

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Conservative Media Lie To Conservatives Because That's What Conservatives Want

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 8, 2012

Why John Boehner Has Gerrymandering to Thank for His Majority

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Maryland Dreamers Score Latest Immigrant Victory

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The Republican Rape Caucus Crumbles

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Obama 1, Catholic Bishops 0

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The Republican Party Needs to Ditch Fox News If It Wants to Win

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Crazy Uncle Jack

California Is No Longer Your Crazy Deadbeat Uncle

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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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