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Meet the Right-Wing Historian Who Helped Draft the GOP Platform

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WATCH: Cutest Kid Ever Talks About Martin Van Buren at the RNC

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Low-Paying Staples Is Romney's Go-To Example of "Success"

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This Single Chart Explains a Lot About the GOP Convention

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GOP Megadonor Foster Friess on RNC: "This Is a Nightmare For Me"

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Sharron Angle at the RNC

Sharron Angle Is Happy the GOP Followed Her to Crazytown

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 30, 2012

Charts: What's More Important in the GOP Platform, Taxes, God, or Communism?

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Google search of "Sherrod Brown"

How Google Mixed Up Sherrod and Scott Brown

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When Politicians Need Sex Ed

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Corn on "Hardball": The Neocons Come Out in Tampa
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With Ryan Speech, Romney Campaign Goes Full Tea Party

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President Obama answering question during his "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit.

Obama: "We Need to Seriously Consider" A Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United

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Condi Rice

Condi Rice to Rescue Romney on National Security?

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Read President Obama's Reddit "Ask Me Anything" Q's and A's

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WATCH: Paul Ryan's Brother Calls Him a "Career Politician"

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"Cracker Bay," Team Romney's Big-Money Party Yacht

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Don't Talk About Welfare at Newt University

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David Koch: Just One of the Guys at the GOP Convention

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The 5 Weirdest Bits in the 2012 GOP Platform

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 29, 2012

GOP Platform: Bring Back DADT, Ban Same-Sex Marriage

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CHARTS: US Overseas Arms Sales More Than Tripled in 2011

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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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