Politics

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Final Wisconsin Recall Debate a Bruising Stalemate

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Trent Franks

House GOP's 'Prenatal Nondiscrimination' Bill Fails

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MoJo’s FBI Informants Story Wins Major International Award

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A Drone-Eat-Drone World

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Beto O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke: It Wasn't About Drugs

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 31, 2012
Ron Paul

Ron Paul's Velvet Revolution

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Walker recall sign

Will Scandal-Plagued Election Clerk Supervise Walker Recall in Key County?

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Buddy Roemer for President

Bye-Bye, Buddy

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Corn on "Hardball": Romney and Trump's Unholy Alliance
Mitt Romney

Where's Mitt Romney's Long-Form Birth Certificate?

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Governor Scott Walker

Scott Walker's Campaign Doles Out $100,000 to Legal Defense Fund

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Corn on MSNBC: Obama vs. Romney on Foreign Policy

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 30, 2012
Beto O'Rourke

Pot, Hookers, and LaRouchies: Another Night in Texas

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clown show

California Senate Primary: Welcome to Crazytown

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No Disclosure, Please, We're Contractors

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New Disclosure Rules for Political Ads Could Take Months

— By Justin Elliott, ProPublica

America's Rising Shadow Wars

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett

Progressive Group to Pump $100,000 Into Wisconsin Recall

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 29, 2012
mitt romney

Meet Romney's—and Obama's—Climate Change Adviser

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When a Dirty Workplace Is an Explosive Hazard

Chris Hamby, Center for Public Integrity

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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