Politics

Stat of the Day: Executing the Innocent

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Republicans To Fed: Don't Help The Economy—Or Else!

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"Utah's Sarah Palin," Cherilyn Eagar, Has a Tax Problem

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Rick Perry's Dirty Deals With Big Coal

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Inside Virginia's Abortion Crackdown

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Perry: God Commands Us to Back Israel

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 21, 2011

Our Sputtering Economy by the Numbers: Poverty Edition

— By Braden Goyette, ProPublica

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Pentagon Scandals Mentioned in Nigeran Scam Emails Are True

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Rep. Allen West Gets New Legal Defense Fund

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It's Official: Obama Has Deported More Than A Million Unauthorized Immigrants

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Holder: We're Still Trying To Close Gitmo

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Poll: Elizabeth Warren Leading Scott Brown in Mass. Senate Race

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Romney and Fannie and Freddie: Oh My!

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Chart of the Day: Tax Increases Still Popular

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Georgia Parole Board Denies Clemency for Troy Davis

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell is History

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Constitution Day: Not Just for Tea Partiers Anymore

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There's More to Equality Than Asking and Telling

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 20, 2011

Adam Serwer on Bloggingheads.tv: Why the HPV Vaccine Debate Matters

Professional Islamophobe Angry The FBI Discontinued Anti-Muslim Counterterrorism Training

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What Else Should Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio Investigate?

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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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