Politics

Scott Walker Wants to Charge Protesters to Protest in State Capitol

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Senate Votes Not To Vote On Indefinite Detention On Americans

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cocktail

Budget Crunch Ruins the CIA Party Scene

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Syrian Protest

Did US Firm Lie to Reporters About Supplying Syrian Regime?

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nuclear interceptor

Atomic Bombs Vs. Asteroids, and Other Uses for Old Nukes

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Newt Gingrich Hustler cover

How Newt Gingrich Saved Porn

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Rep. Darrell Issa Comes Out Swinging for Catholic Bishops

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 2, 2011

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Big Bend

Newt Gingrich's Ideal Border Fence Already Exists

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Pew Survey Suggests Gingrich's Vision For Immigration Reform Could Legalize Millions

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Counting the Dead on Both Sides of Our War

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Will McCants

ACLU Corrects Citation To Non-Islamophobic Essay

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kelly ayotte

Ayotte's Torture Amendment Is Kaput

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President Barack Obama

Barack Obama Has, on Average, Attended a Fundraiser Every 5 Days in 2011

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the great satan

Bachmann Is Right About That Iran Embassy, Sorta

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Buddy Roemer to Seek Nomination Through Dark Money-Fueled Group

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newt gingrich

Newt Gingrich: The Ali G Interview

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"They're Holding Us Hostage!"

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Wall Street Tactics for the Pentagon?

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The GOP's War on Voting Comes to Washington

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 1, 2011
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Gitmo Law Could Someday Apply to American Citizens

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Will McCants

ACLU Cites Non-Islamophic Essay As Example of Islamophobia

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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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