Politics

Chart of the Day: Crisis of Confidence

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Rand Paul Backs Fringe UN Gun Conspiracy

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Why This Prominent UK Enviro Caused a National Security Freakout

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From Wisconsin to Wall Street, an Economic Reckoning

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 6, 2011
John Boehner

Boehner Against Job-Saving China Currency Bill—WTF?

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor Aide Forms Super-PAC—Is He Angling for VP?

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Chart of the Day: Clarence Thomas' Non-Disclosure Form

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Obama: Still Letting Child Soldiers Be Soldiers

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Newt Gingrich Doesn't Need No Stinking Economic Advisers

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House Dems Call For Hearings on Clarence Thomas

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Herman Cain

Cain on #OccupyWallStreet: Get a Job

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Gov. Jerry Brown

Participating in a Lynching: No Longer a "Serious" Crime in California

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Are Korea Trade Pact Boosters Selling "Snake Oil"?

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Kim Jong Il Is Ready to Charm His Neighbors

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Occupy Wall Street, Powered by Big Labor

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 5, 2011

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman: Release Awlaki Memo

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Former FBI Interrogator: Cheney Owes Obama an Apology

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

A Brief History of Chris Christie Not Running for President

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Chart of the Day: Regulations, Still Not Job-Killing

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Herman Cain

Contrite Cain Now Says Perry Sign "Doesn't Matter"

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Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley

How a Rick Perry Ally Kept an Innocent Man Locked Up

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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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