Politics

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"Yes, It's the Swift Boating of the President."

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Romney's Biggest Fib?

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This Week in Dark Money

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US Charges Yonas Fikre, American Who Claimed Torture, With Conspiracy

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Obama Wants to Send Our Guns Overseas

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$16 Million Later, Scott Walker's Still Deadlocked in Recall Fight

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Al Qaeda Gripes About Its Fanatical Internet Followers

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 3, 2012

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Romney's Foreign Policy Acumen Doesn't Impress Allen West

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Get-Rich-Quick Profiteers Love Mitt Romney, and He Loves Them Back

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The GOP's New Sneak Attack on Abortion Rights

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Inside Occupy Wall Street's New York March

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As Campaign Ends, Gingrich Thanks His Sugar Mommy and Daddy

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On Bin Laden Killing, Ex-CIA Torture Chief Contradicted by…CIA

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Scott Walker

Chris Christie: "Do the Right Thing" and Reelect "Courageous" Scott Walker

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 2, 2012
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Why Occupy Should Be the Left's Tea Party

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Gingrich Wins! (An Alternative History)

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Why the Hunger Games Is the Perfect Science Fiction for May Day

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Corn on MSNBC: GOP Hypocrisy on Politicizing Death of Bin Laden

Occupy May Day: Photos From the Oakland March

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Hitler, Obama Both Fond of Slogans

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Occupy May Day: Union Square Is "A Serious Mosh Pit" Right Now

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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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