Politics

Panel Recommends Free Birth Control; Anti-Abortion Groups Flip Out

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Rick Perry Distances Himself From Prayer Rally Organizers

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Poll: Michele Bachmann—Yes, That's Right—Claims Top Spot in GOP Field

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GOP Candidate Fred Karger Raises a Few Bucks

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Spanish Lawyer: Obama's bin Laden "War Crime"

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 19, 2011

Michele Bachmann's Child Army

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Consumer Protection Bureau: What We've Done So Far

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Why Islam-Baiting Doesn’t Work

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Sarah Palin's Mystery Research Shop Cashes In

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Rick Perry's Budget-Busting Past

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Doctors Without Borders to CIA: Not Cool, Guys

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 18, 2011

Elizabeth Warren: Passed Over for CFPB Post, But...

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Romney State PACs in Hot Water

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Soylent Greenbacks: David Brooks Wants People to Die for Debt Reduction

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Highlights from Court Decision on TSA Scanners

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This Week in National Insecurity: Extreme Sports Edition

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Herman Cain Takes on the First Amendment

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A Tea Party Debt Ceiling Ad

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Corn on Hardball: Steele Agrees GOP's Discrediting GOP

Michele Bachmann: The First 2012er to Get Koch Cash

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Vintage Bachmann: Pawlenty's a Communist

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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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