Politics

Romney Falls Flat in NAACP Appearance

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NYPD Spokesman Pwned in ProPublica's Comments

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The Battle for Marriage Equality Is Officially On in Maryland

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 11, 2012
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Mitt Romney's Long, Troubled History With the NAACP

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Fact-Check: How the NYPD Overstated Its Counterterrorism Record

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Corn on MSNBC: Right-Wing "Social Welfare" Money May Tip Senate

The Drug Wars: Apologies to Mexico

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3 Ways Lazy America Could Bring Back the Draft

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 10, 2012

Corn on Hardball: Obama, Romney, and the Future of the Bush Tax Cuts
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Romney in the Hamptons: The View From Outside the Gates

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Beyond Nuclear Denial

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Dems: Dark Money Groups Use "Secret Money to Subvert the Democratic Process"

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The Key to Mitt Romney's $106 Million Haul? Barack Obama

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Rick Scott Shuts Down TB Hospital Amid "Worst Outbreak in 20 Years"

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Your Smartphone Is Spying on You

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The Nation's Crime-Fighting Consumer Watchdog Is Off And Running

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 9, 2012
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Esquire Takes on Obama's "Lethal Presidency"

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Upper-Class Warfare in the Hamptons

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Ira Rennert's Fair Field

The House That Ate the Hamptons

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Watch: Reason's Nick Gillespie Questions James Ridgeway About Solitary Confinement

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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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