Politics

The All-Time 10 Worst Military Contracting Boondoggles

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Crippled by Foreclosures, Nevada Hits Bank of America Hit With Sweeping Suit

— By Paul Kiel, ProPublica

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 2, 2011

How Perry Pushed Donor's Nuclear Waste Dump

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Obama DOJ Cracks Down on Protesters Blocking Abortion Clinics

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25 Giant Corporations That Paid Their CEOs More Than They Paid Uncle Sam

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Meme-Busting: Obama's Secret Plan to Win in 2012

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California Health Insurance Regulation Bill Stalls

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Meet Rick Perry's Favorite Lobbyist

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Michigan Republicans: Let's Privatize Public School Teaching

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Flush With Prison Industry Dollars, Rick Perry Pushed Privatized Prisoner Care

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 1, 2011

Report: Muslim Americans Are Incredibly Normal

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Feds Move to Block AT&T-T-Mobile Merger

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Weiner Seat in Jeopardy for Dems?

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One-Third of Wartime Contracting Funds Wasted

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North Carolina GOP Trying to Ban Gay Marriage Twice

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The Public Option Lives!

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GOP Smear Machine Targets Elizabeth Warren

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The GOP's New Primary Schedule Explained

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 31, 2011

Rights Group Slams Obama Over Warrantless Wiretapping

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Self-Defeating Health Care Reform

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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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