Politics

US Police Brutality Is Bad. This Giant Western Country's Is Way Worse.

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Did Obama Shoot Himself in the Foot on Net Neutrality?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 12, 2014

Here's What's Been Happening in Ferguson as Tensions Rise Again

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After Gutting the Voting Rights Act, Alabama Cites It As an Excuse for Racial Gerrymandering

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This Anti-Gay-Marriage Group Is Really Excited That It Just Helped Elect Pro-Gay-Marriage Candidates

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America's Response to Ebola Looks Disturbingly Similar to the War on Terror

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The Richest 0.1 Percent Is About to Control More Wealth Than the Bottom 90 Percent

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Tennessee Voters Just Made It Easier to Restrict Abortion—And the GOP Isn't Wasting Any Time.

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The Supreme Court Just Took a Case That Could Gut Obamacare. Here's How States Can Save it.

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We're Four Months Into the New Iraq War. Has Anything Gone Right?

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Mexico's National Palace Burns As Protesters Demand Justice for Missing Students

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Obama Just Announced His Full Support to Preserve Net Neutrality

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 10, 2014
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Why Rand Paul Was the Only Kentucky Republican to Lose on Tuesday

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Tavis Coburn

Death Wears Bunny Slippers

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That Time We Almost Nuked North Carolina

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Why Don't We Make Election Day A Holiday?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 7, 2014

Surprise! This GOP Senator's Theory About Volcanoes and Climate Change Is Totally Wrong.

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Mia Love

Mia Love: Representative From Nowhere

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A Federal Appeals Court Just Ruled Against Gay Marriage. This Judge Just Issued An Epic Dissent.

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How Surveillance Turns Ordinary People Into Terrorism Suspects

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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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