Politics

Herman Cain

Herman Cain's Harassment Scandal Isn't About Sex

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 11, 2011

Occupy Oakland's Big Challenge: The Mayhem Factor

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Rick Perry's Debate Gaffe, Coming to a Mall Near You

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Military Panel Finds Leader of Rogue US "Kill Team" Guilty

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From Tunisia to Oakland, How a New Age of Activism Was Born

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Obama's Latino Vote Strategy: Run GOP Debates "Verbatim"

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Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown

Rove's Crossroads GPS Takes On Elizabeth Warren

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Gitmo

Gitmo Costs $800K/Year Per Detainee

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Tom Cotton

The GOP Candidate Who Wants Journos Jailed

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Sen. Jeff Sessions

GOP Showdown With Justice Department Over Immigration

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 10, 2011

Penn State's Joe Paterno Shouldn't Have Coached a Game This Season

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Romney: Obama Wants To Eat the Rich

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Cain Walks Back "Princess Nancy"

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Rick Perry

Quote of the Night, Rick Perry Edition: "Oops."

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Newt and the Elephant

Newt's Freddie Mac Lobbying Whopper

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GOP Debate: About Those Job Killing Regulations...

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Herman Cain: Not Every Woman I Know Has Accused Me Of Sexual Harassment

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Actually, Rick Perry Loves Picking Winners and Losers

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GOP Frontrunners to Italy: Drop Dead

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Rick Santelli

The GOP Jobs Debate, Starring...Rick Santelli!?

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In Nevada, Dark Money Influences Redistricting Efforts

— By Lois Beckett, ProPublica

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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