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Marc Leder

Romney "47 Percent" Fundraiser Host: Hedge Fund Manager Who Likes Sex Parties

Occupying Your Victories on OWS’s First Anniversary

—Rebecca Solnit

Romney Reacts to 47 Percent Video, Stands By Remarks

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SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters

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Anti-Islam Filmmaker Becomes a Martyr to the Right

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Occupy II: What's Happening Now in Lower Manhattan

—James West, Tim McDonnell, Josh Harkinson, and Adam Weinstein

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 17, 2012

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Voter Suppression: Coming to a State Near You?

—Tasneem Raja, Jaeah Lee, and Ben Breedlove

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365 Days of Occupy Wall Street—an Anniversary Timeline

“Ignorance, Fear, and Bias" in Alabama’s Treatment of HIV-Positive Prisoners

—James Ridgeway

Occupy Wall Street—Where Are They Now?

—Josh Harkinson

An Ex-Terrorist Walks Into a Conservative Conference...

Even Evangelicals Sorta Kinda Like Obamacare Now

—Stephanie Mencimer

Obama Legal Theory on Targeted Killing Cribbed From Clarence Thomas?

Ken Cuccinelli

"You Don't Give a Shit About Women in Virginia!"

—Kate Sheppard

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Poll: Barack Obama Would Decisively Dominate Mitt Romney in a Fistfight

—Asawin Suebsaeng

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Members of Congress Who Reauthorized Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Don't Understand What It Does

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 14, 2012

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Mitt Romney Apologizes for America

Values Voters: America's Last Prudes

—Stephanie Mencimer

Sarah Palin and Free Stuff Vs. Freedom

—Stephanie Mencimer

This Week in Dark Money

—Gavin Aronsen

Illustration by Greg Clarke

How to Beat the Fact-Checkers

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