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How Secret Foreign Money Could Infiltrate US Elections

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Texas Executes Mentally Disabled Man Based on Rules From John Steinbeck Novel

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 7, 2012

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MS Advocates Split With Romney Over Obamacare

—Stephanie Mencimer

Wade Michael Page

The Sikh Temple Shooter's Racist Tattoos, Deciphered

—Adam Weinstein

Louisiana School Boots Pregnant Students

—Kate Sheppard

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The Push to Keep Teen Felons Locked Up for Life

By Suevon Lee, ProPublica

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 6, 2012

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Romney's Fundraising Juggernaut Tops Obama's for Third Straight Month (UPDATED)

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Washington’s War on Leaks, Explained

By Cora Currier, ProPublica

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Allen West's Rise From the Florida Fever Swamps

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"Shit Rep. Allen West Says": The Epic Video Anthology

—Asawin Suebsaeng

What We Know About the Sikh Temple Shooting in Wisconsin So Far

—Asawin Suebsaeng, Adam Weinstein, and Adam Serwer

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Corn on "Hardball": What's Romney Hiding in His Tax Returns?

Mark Clayton

Dems Nominate Anti-Gay Conspiracy Theorist for Senate

Buzzfeed's Chemical Romance

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 3, 2012

Charts: Just How Small Is the Super-PAC Gazillionaire Club?

—Andy Kroll and Tasneem Raja

McCain for Veep

Kerry Bentivolio

Part-Time Santa Who Starred in Controversial 9/11 Film Now GOP Congressional Nominee in Michigan

This Week in Dark Money

—Gavin Aronsen

Corn on MSNBC: Romney's Rafalca Problem

Political Ad Data Comes Online—But It’s Not Searchable

—By Justin Elliott, ProPublica

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