Politics

The Abortion Debate, Coming to a Bumper Near You

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National Review's Whelan Tries to Justify Attacking DOJ Attorneys for Being Gay

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Obama Administration: No New Gitmo Prisoners

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Raising the Retirement Age: Back on the Table

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The Far-Reaching Consequences of Perry and Willingham

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Obama Getting Close To One Million Deportations

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Karl Rove's Crossroads Groups Double 2012 War Plan to $240 Million

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Mixed Bag in South Dakota Abortion Script Decision

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Mexican "Twitter Terrorists" Could Face 30 Years in Prison

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Obama's Judge Problem

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9/11: What Didn't Change

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Chart: How 9/11 Changed the Law

—Brennan Center for Justice, Liberty and National Security Program

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 9, 2011

Should America Cancel 9/11 Anniversary Ceremonies?

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Map of the Day: Republicans for Austerity—in Voting

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Health Care Ruling Takeaway: Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Is a Bad Lawyer

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House GOPers Use 9/11 to Attack Defense Cuts (VIDEO)

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The Life of Rick Perry As Told Through Taiwanese Animation

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Earth to Amazon: Yes, You Are Taxable

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Rick Perry's "Ultimate Justice"

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Chart of the Day: The Federal Sentencing Gap

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Mitt Romney Airbrushes His Bain Capital Record

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USDA: Texas Citizens are Nation's Second-Hungriest

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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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