Politics

Joni Ernst and the boys of Alpha Gamma Rho

Watch Joni Ernst at a Frat Party

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 4, 2014
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On Booze, Weed, Backyard Fracking, and Trapping Bears With Donuts, America Has Spoken

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Obamacare Could Have Turned Millions of Uninsured Americans Into Voters

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What Happens Today in These 4 Races Could Help Determine Our Next President

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5 Reasons Your Poll Worker Might Be Totally Clueless

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thank you

This Veteran Is Tired of Being Thanked for His Service

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The Koch brothers, David and Charles

The Making of the Kochtopus

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How the Billionaire Brothers Spread Their Web of Influence Across Every Sector of Society

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Why Is the Republican Governor of Alaska Keeping Sexual Assault Scandal Records Secret?

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Bruce Braley

Bruce Braley Owes His Political Career to the Iraq War. He Might Lose It for the Same Reason.

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Phil Robertson

Watch "Duck Dynasty" Stars Rally the Christian Right for Tomorrow's Election

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Watch Midterm Candidates Mention President Obama More Than 500 Times in Less Than 100 Seconds

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How to Find Your Polling Place

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Rob Maness

This Tea Partier Wants to Turn a 30-Acre Sinkhole Into a Campaign Issue

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voter id protest

10 Reasons Democracy May Prevail Despite GOP Voting Restrictions

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slums and skyscrapers

The One Percent Just Keeps Getting Richer, According to the 2014 Global Wealth Report

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Jody Hice

8 Candidates We Can’t Believe Might Actually Win

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anti-abortion rights activists in North Dakota

North Dakota Pro-Lifers: Don't Call Our Personhood Amendment a "Personhood Amendment"

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Charts: How Minority Voters Get Blocked at the Ballot Box

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Even Without Voter ID Laws, Minority Voters Face More Hurdles to Casting Ballots

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Why Picking Tom Perez for Attorney General Would Be a Smart Move for Obama

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Obamacare protest

To Beat Obamacare, Opponents Resurrect an Old Birther Argument

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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

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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