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Kansas

Kansas Takes Critical Step to Protect Kansas From World

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 9, 2012

—Asawin Suebsaeng

barbed wire

In Congress, Dem and GOPer Working Together to Change the NDAA

Raped at 14, Then Sterilized by the State

Photographs by Andy McMillan / Text by Maya Dusenbery

Michele Bachmann

Checking in With Michele Bachmann...

Corn on MSNBC: Romney Tries to Take Credit for the Auto Bailout He Opposed

Elizabeth Warren

Scott Brown Goes Birther on Elizabeth Warren

—Nick Baumann

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Tom Barrett Will Face Scott Walker In Wisconsin's Recall Election

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Why Washington Needs Dick Lugar

N.C.'s Amendment 1 Doesn't Just Screw Over Gay People

—Samantha Oltman

Immigration Officials Can't Find Enough Immigrant Criminals to Deport

—Stephanie Mencimer

George Soros.

George Soros Pledges $2 Million To Liberal Groups for 2012 Fight

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

ALEC Gets a Break From State Lobbying Laws

Scott Walker Recall: Wisconsin Dems Choose Standard-Bearer Today

Corn on Hardball: What's Obama's Campaign Pitch?

Leveling Up

—Gavin Aronsen

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

Shariah

Roe v. Wade Is Not a Gateway to an Islamist Takeover

Corn on "Face the Nation": An Uphill Battle for Obama and Romney

9/11 Judge: "Why Is This So Hard?"

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The Revolt Against the NDAA Hits Congress

Mitt Romney

When Mitt Romney Fired a Gay Staffer, 2004 Edition

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