Politics

This Week in Dark Money

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Are the Polls Undercounting Latino Obama Backers?

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Corn on MSNBC: Why Is Romney Giving the Media the Silent Treatment?
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Want More Campaign Ads? There's an App for That

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Former Obama White House Spokesman Justifies the Killing of a Teenager

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CEO of International Corporation Sends Romney Fundraising Pitch to His Employees

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GOP's Benghazi Smoking Gun Goes Up in Smoke

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Corn on "Hardball": The GOP's Irrational Exuberance

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Convicted Tax Cheat Attended Romney 47 Percent Fundraiser

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Charts: Women Are Backing Obama by the Binderful

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Illustration by David Plunkert

Sean Eldridge Wants to Curb the Influence of Big Donors—Like Himself

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Virginia Gov. Says Obama Insulted the Navy. Pot, Meet Kettle.

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Gloria Allred's October Surprise: Romney Divorce Testimony?

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Richard Mourdock, Under Fire for Rape Comments, Got $5,000 from Paul Ryan's PAC

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 24, 2012

23 Ballot Measures to Keep an Eye On

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Ted Cruz

Meet Ted Cruz, "The Republican Barack Obama"

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Robert Bork? John Bolton?? 9 Advisers Who Have Romney's Ear

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Meet the US Army's Soldier of the Year, a Nepalese Immigrant

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Our Big Fat Amercian Election

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Romney Still Wants to Indict Ahmadinejad for Violating Genocide Convention

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Serbia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to Monitor US Elections

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The 1980s Called, and They're Jealous of Mitt Romney's Defense Budget

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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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