Politics

Tim Pawlenty's Small, Small World

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Rape in the Ranks

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Chart of the Day: Utah's Incredible Shrinking Tea Party

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Bill Clinton: Debt Talks Missing One Big Point

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Michele Bachmann’s Marcus Bachmann Problem

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Mitt Romney Crushes GOP Field in Latest Cash Haul

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for July 6, 2011

Dems, Reformers Fight to Close Political Dark Money Loophole

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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Jobs

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Obama or GOP: Who Has the Edge in Debt Fight?

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Fate of Kansas Clinics Still Unclear

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Mitt Romney's Flip-Flop Machine Goes Into Overdrive

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Michele Bachmann's Redistricting Whopper

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My Summer at an Indian Call Center

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

Missing: 163 Million Women

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Last Vietnam Draftee Finally Leaving Army (VIDEO)

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Kansas Judge Blocks Abortion Clinic Regs

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Languishing in Solitary, Pelican Bay Inmates Launch Hunger Strike

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Tim Pawlenty's Weak Fundraising Haul

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McKinsey Backpedals on Health Care Reform Study

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Tim Pawlenty: I Wish I'd Shut Down My State Even Longer

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Judge Blocks South Dakota's Abortion Counseling Law

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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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