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Politics

How Did Harsh Immigration Laws Spread to Your Statehouse?

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Is Your State Hostile to Obama's Mini-DREAM Act?

—Ian Gordon and Tasneem Raja

Rick Santorum: Obamacare Poster Boy

—Stephanie Mencimer

The Immigration Hardliner Family Tree

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How to Suck Up to Sarah Palin

Romney Didn't Know What the Blunt Amendment Was

Inside the Self-Deportation Movement

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Iran War Watch: Netanyahu to Pressure Obama on Military Action

—Asawin Suebsaeng

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 29, 2012

Obama (Mostly) Disregards Defense Authorization Bill's Military Custody Requirements

Supermaxed Out: Adios to an Isolation Facility

—James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

Occupy vs. Powerful Right-Wing Group You've Never Heard Of

—Josh Harkinson

Romney Quiets Critics With Michigan Primary Win

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Mitt Romney Notches Early, Expected Victory in Arizona Primary

Christopher Columbus

Newt: Romney Would've Fired Columbus!

Vote on Blunt Amendment Expected Soon

—Kate Sheppard

Why the Koran Burnings May Be the Final Straw in Afghanistan

—Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett

Scott Walker Loses to Top Democrats in New Recall Poll

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Iran War Watch: Israel Might Keep US Out Of The Loop On Preemptive Strike

—Asawin Suebsaeng

Congressman Peter King of New York

GOP Lawmaker: Party Kingmakers "Whispering" About Drafting New Candidate

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Convicting Alleged Terrorists Is Hard When You Torture Them

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 28, 2012

Bill Dore

Rick Santorum's Mystery Donor

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