Politics

The US Has Special Operations Forces in How Many Countries?

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Obama Finally Wages Class Warfare

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6 Dumb Arguments Against Taxing the Rich, Explained

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Did Obama Just Kill Congress' Budget-Cutting Super Committee?

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Bachmann Slams Obama for Not Stopping Mubarak's Overthrow

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'Tis The Season for Squashing Voter Rights: Texas Edition

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Obama's Deficit Plan: A Big Veto Promise

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Bachmann on Teen Suicides: "Not a Federal Issue"

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For-Profit Colleges Target Vets' Education Benefits

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Breitbart Silent About Big Error on His Big Government Site

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Rick Perry and Phil "Nation of Whiners" Gramm: A Love Story

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 19, 2011

The Gaping Hole in Ron Paul's Health Care Policy

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America and Oil: Declining Together?

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Rick Perry: Transparency is Boring

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Will Deficit-Fighting Super Committee Reveal Campaign Cash and Lobbyist Ties?

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CIA Investigating Itself, But What About The NYPD?

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Top 10 Honorary Texans—Bob Hope, Bob Dylan...Glenn Beck?

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David Barton: Thomas Jefferson/Sally Hemings Affair Was Liberal Plot

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This Week in National Insecurity: Gay Nukes Edition

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Meet John Boehner's Primary Challenger

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Is Scalia Getting Skeptical About the Death Penalty?

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Liberals Fight Tea Party on Constitution Day

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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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