Politics

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Kansas Missing Key Files in Abortion Case

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Scott Walker's Recall Plan: Rake in Unlimited Cash

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Mark Block

Behind Herman Cain's Smokin' Ad: His Big Tobacco Days

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 25, 2011

Herman Cain's Wild West Campaign Spot

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Corn on Hardball: Is Rick Perry a Birther?
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Tennessee Hotel "Now Under Shariah Law," Anti-Shariah Activist Says

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Iraq On $256 Million a Day

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DOJ: Secret Record? What Secret Record?

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Rule Change Would Allow Government to Lie About Whether Records Exist

— By Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica

Libyan TNC Chairman: We're Investigating Gaddafi's Death

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Senate Dems: Mandatory Military Detention Is "Dangerous"

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Lobbying Blitz Barrages Budget-Cutting Super Committee

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What Will Michele Bachmann Do Next?

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How to Build a Deadly Electric Border Fence

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Braving Chaos, Parents and Kids Occupy Wall Street for a Night

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 24, 2011

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Why Homelessness Is Becoming an Occupy Wall Street Issue

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City to Occupy Oakland Protesters: Get Lost

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Senate "Compromise" On Domestic Military Detention Deteriorating

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Obama Announces Iraq Withdrawal—and GOPers Pounce

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Rep. Eric Cantor

Wharton Pushes Back On Cantor Cancellation Claim

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ACLU: FBI Guilty of Massive Racial Profiling Operations

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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

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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

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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