Politics

Tea Party Leader: Wisconsin Liberal Protesters Are Modern-Day Storm Troopers

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Don't (Completely) Trust the Polls in the Wisconsin Recalls

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Campaign Watchdogs Fire Back at Romney Super PAC's Mystery Donor

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What the New York Times Got Wrong About Gay Nazis

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Tea Party: Liberals Want to "Break the Back of Conservatives" in Wisconsin

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Steve King Wants to Enlist Your Uterus

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 5, 2011

Meet the Folks Behind Rick Perry's Prayer Festival

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Wisconsin's Dark Money Deluge

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John Merrow: Trust Teachers, But Verify Success

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They Killed Bin Laden, but Their Black Ops Mission Isn't Over Yet

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Mysterious, Defunct Company Donates $1 Million to Romney SuperPAC

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Bachmann, Romney Sign Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge

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Chris Christie Shoots Down Anti-Shariah Activists

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Why Bachmann's Allies Hate International Baccalaureate

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What if Obama's Debt Compromise Doesn't Impress Independents?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 4, 2011

First They Came for the Lightbulbs...

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FAQ: Why Congress Flew Home While Airport Inspectors Work Without Pay

— By Marian Wang for ProPublica

How Pelosi Saved Boehner's You-Know-What

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The House GOP Jobs Plan, Again

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Veteran WI GOP State Senator: "I'm Not Sure" I'll Survive Recall Election

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The Political Junk Shot Epidemic Hits My Hometown

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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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