Politics

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Supporters of Abortion Rights Should Fear a Supreme Court Shaped by Romney

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Corn on "Hardball": A Tale of Two Gaffes
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Did the Supreme Court Just Gut Habeas Rights?

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Barack Obama

Why Gaffes Don't Matter But We Talk About Them Anyway

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 11, 2012
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Rove Super-PAC: Smear First, Get Answers Later

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Obama Super-PAC and National Union Unveil $4 Million Spanish-Language Ad Blitz

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Jim Messina

Obama's Reelection Hopes Ride on This Man

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Quiz: '70s Soft Rock or Obama Campaign Email?

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5 "Stand Your Ground" Cases You Should Know About

— By Suevon Lee, ProPublica

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How the Wisconsin Uprising Got Hijacked

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WATCH: James O'Keefe III Crashes Netroots Nation With His Handicam

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Michigan Looks to Pass Nation's Most Anti-Abortion Law

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Corn on "Hardball": Obama's Leaky Cyberwar With Iran
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Book: Obama Wasn't Always So Into Drone Strikes

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CIA Planning To Shrink Presence in Iraq, But....

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 8, 2012

A Brief History of Politicians Blowing Things Up

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This Week in Dark Money

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Corn on MSNBC: Romney Etch-A-Sketches His Own Draft Record

The Big Business of Border Control

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The Morning-After Pill Does Not Cause Abortions

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News Flash: Even Christians Hate Christian TV

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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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