Politics

mitch mcconnell

National Review Backs the Payroll Tax Cut

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Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney: Don't Listen to Me, Just Read My Book

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Florida Rep. Loses It Over Reporter's Chuckle

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Abortion in the Defense Authorization Bill

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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney

Internal Documents Reveal Mitt Romney's Pork Barrel Past

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lillie mae washington

Score One for a 96-Year-Old Victim of the Mortgage Predators

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 30, 2011
Rick Perry

Rick Perry's Freudian Slip on the Voting Age

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Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich

Map: Is Adultery Illegal?

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Sacrifice Yourself to the Golden Calf of Capitalism

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North Carolina Senate Set to Repeal Racial Justice Act

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Okay, Maybe The ACLU Is Running The CIA

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The Other 1 Percent: Sick People (Chart)

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dominic pileggi

PA Legislator Behind Controversial Electoral College Plan Mulling Senate Run

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Senate Moves Forward On Domestic Indefinite Detention

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Newt Gingrich

Gingrich Novel Whitewashes Confederate Cause

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 29, 2011

Occupied Washington
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Will Obama Bow on Birth Control?

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Morris Davis

Free Speech: Not for Government Employees

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barney frank

Some of Barney Frank's Best Lines (and Worst Moments)

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newt and romney

Gingrich on Immigration: More Moderate and Consistent Than Romney

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To Cash In on a Predator

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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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