Politics

The Quick Way to End the Vote-Fraud Wars? A National ID Card

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Rick Santorum

Is Rick Santorum's New Dark-Money Group Breaking the Law?

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Still-Terrible Virginia Ultrasound Bill Now in Effect

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Government Secrecy Costing Even More Money These Days

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Mississippi's Lone Abortion Clinic Can Stay Open, For Now

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Conservatives Still Freaking Out Over Roberts' Vote

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 2, 2012
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Romney Left Bain Later Than He Says, Documents Show

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A New Challenge to ALEC's Tax-Exempt Status

By John Dunbar, Center for Public Integrity

Romney Invested in Medical-Waste Firm That Disposed of Aborted Fetuses, Government Documents Show

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Barack Obama

You Know Who Else Held Fundraisers in Europe?

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Lawsuit Accuses GOP Donor Adelson of Pursuing "Prostitution Strategy" In His Hotels

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

This Week in Dark Money

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No, Roberts' Ruling Didn't Doom Liberalism

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On Health Care Reform: US Chamber 2, Tea Party 0

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Was the Obamacare Dissent Originally the Majority Opinion?

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IRS Takes a Closer Look at Rove's Dark-Money Group

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Understanding a New Era of PTSD

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Congressional GOPers React to Health Care Ruling: Obamacare=Cancer

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GOP Votes for Contempt as "Fast and Furious" Blows Up in Its Face

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Mitt Romney

Obamacare Decision: Romney Won't Like This Passage

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Corn on Hardball: The Fast and Furious Scandal Is Also...Fictional

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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