Politics

Inside the Fascinating Lives of North Korean Defectors

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Rand Paul tinfoil hat

Rand Paul: The Most Interesting Conspiracy Theorist in Washington

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Big Soda Is Totally Freaking Out About This Local Ordinance

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Tristan Thompson

NBA Player Kisses Sideline Reporter, Calls Her the Wrong Name

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Would Joe Biden Put His Son In Prison For Doing Coke?

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The Head of the Federal Reserve Just Gave a Rousing Speech on Inequality

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isis fight

7 Worst-Case Scenarios in the Battle With ISIS

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Will Nigeria's Kidnapped Schoolgirls Come Home?

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Ivan the Terrible

Would Any of the Actual Czars Have Stopped Ebola?

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Flips-Flops on an Ebola Flight Ban—Within 24 Hours

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 17, 2014
Bob Beauprez

This Republican's Campaign Promise Is: Elect Me and I'll Kill That Guy

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Mitch McConnell

"More Money Than I Could Count": Mitch McConnell's Very Special Relationship With Lobbyists

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Rand Paul Thinks Ebola Is More Contagious Than AIDS

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 16, 2014

Court Strikes Down Arkansas Voter ID Law

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43 Mexican College Students Disappeared Weeks Ago. What Happened to Them?

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Iraqi army

Why Did the Iraqi Army Collapse So Easily?

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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

How Liberia's Government Is Using Ebola to Crack Down on the Media

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Texas College Rejects Two Nigerian Applicants Because of Ebola Panic

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Should the Military Treat Ebola Patients in Africa?

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Pat Roberts

The Case for Senators Skipping Committee Hearings

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Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush: "What's the Paycheck Fairness Act?"

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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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