Politics

The Census Bureau’s Shocking Poverty Stats

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Despite Scandals, These States Still Don’t Check for Cheating Teachers

—Lois Beckett, ProPublica

Bloggingheads.tv: Corn & Pinkerton on the CNN/Tea Party Debate

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 14, 2011

The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012

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Democrats Lose Nevada and New York Special Congressional Elections

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Anti-Abortion Leader Suspended Over Financial Suspicions

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Pediatrician: "The Problem is People Like Michele Bachmann"

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Wall Street's Worst Nightmare: Elizabeth Warren To Run For Senate

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Grassley Attacks Civil Rights Division for Hiring Civil Rights Attorneys

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Return of the Big GOP Medicare Lie

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Arizona Moves Up Primary Date. Let the Chaos Begin.

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Iran to Free Jailed MoJo Contributor This Week?

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Texas Inmate Facing Execution Gets Prosecutor's Support

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Hey GOP 2012ers: You Lie!

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Marines' DADT Countdown: "We're Gay. Get Over It." (Photo)

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Missing: Tons of US-Supplied Nuclear Weapons Material

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There's No Such Thing As A "State-Level DREAM Act"

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Michigan GOP Lawmaker: Public School Teachers "Are More Than Greedy"

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New Poverty Numbers Likely To Be Bad

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Fallout From Our Koch Brothers Exposé

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9/11 Didn't Upturn the Constitution, the War on Crime Did

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Bad Business Under Jon Huntsman

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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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