Politics

Supreme Court Asked to Halt Execution of Severely Mentally Ill Man in Texas

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Liberia Says It's Going to Need a Lot More Body Bags

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Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows

By Amy P. Cohen, Deborah Azrael, and Matthew Miller

Rand Paul

Rand Paul Is the Best-Dressed Man in Washington

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David Corn

Watch Live: David Corn on the 2014 Elections

Watch This California Republican Candidate Pretend to Save a Drowning Kid

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

Gov. Scott Walker on the Minimum Wage: "I Don't Think It Serves a Purpose"

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Prison Guards Can't Pepper Spray Just Any Schizophrenic Inmates in Arizona Anymore

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Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Can Barely Form a Coherent Sentence About Obamacare Now

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 14, 2014
James Simons

Why Are These Hedge Fund Kingpins Dumping Millions Into the Midterms?

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ISIS Magazine Promotes Slavery, Rape, and Murder of Civilians in God's Name

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GOP taking over state governments

Red Dawn: The GOP's Growing Monopoly on State Government

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Charts: How the Recovery Left Most Americans Behind

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bishops

Vatican to Cohabitators and Gays: You're Kind of Okay. (Update: Actually, Never Mind.)

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Larry Pressler

South Dakota Senate Candidate Boasted of "African American Friends," Mulled Run for DC Mayor

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Zach Dasher

"Duck Dynasty" Congressional Candidate Says Godlessness Will Cause "Mass Carnage and Mass Death"

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Elizabeth Warren: The Obama Administration Chose to Protect Wall Street, Not Families

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ebola

And the Prize for Ebola Fearmongering Goes to Louisiana

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This Anti-Gay Candidate's Message Is Bigger in Moscow Than Massachusetts

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Ethiopia internet cafe

While You Procrastinate on Facebook, More Than Half the World Still Doesn't Have Internet Access

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The Koch brothers, David and Charles, on a protest sign

Could This Be the Senate Race Where the Koch Brothers Meet Their Match?

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Second US Patient Tests Positive for Ebola

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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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