Politics

Rick Perry's Texas Miracle—for Corporations

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Obama's Big Speech Doesn't Matter

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 8, 2011

6 Hot-Button Issues the GOP Presidential Hopefuls Dodged in the Debate

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What Rick Perry Wasn't Asked About the Death Penalty

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GOP Rivals Give Perry a Pass on Crony Capitalism

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Rick Perry Happily Grabs the Anti-Science Brass Ring

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Santorum Gets It All Wrong on Poverty in America

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Romney On Immigration: All Over The Place

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National Review Blogger Discovers Gay Lawyers At DOJ

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Republicans Softening on Immigration?

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Bachmann's Pastor Bashed Mormonism in 2007

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Unmasking Dark Money Is Good for Democracy—and for the Bottom Line

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Fox News' Paranoid Alternate Universe

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As Drought Worsened, Rick Perry Slashed Fire-Fighting Spending

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Christie for President?

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Audio: Chris Christie Lets Loose at Secret Koch Brothers Confab

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BP Hires a Pentagon PR Warrior

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 7, 2011

Corn on "Hardball": Rick Perry's Tea Party Bump

Mitt Romney's New Economic Plan: Same As His Old One

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Romney's Chart Fraud

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American Muslims: Incredibly Normal, Also Trusting Of Obama

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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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