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Here's How President Obama Is Using the 'Oil Weapon'—Against Iran, Russia, and ISIS

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Kids, Obama Is Going to Close Gitmo And This Time He Means It.

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Hobby Lobby president Steve Green

Hobby Lobby's Hypocrisy, Part 2: Its Retirement Plan STILL Invests in Contraception Manufacturers

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If Wendy Davis Thinks She Can Win an Election by Pointing Out Her Opponent's Disability, She's Wrong

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What the Hell Is Going On in North Korea? Here Are the 5 Best Rumors About Kim Jong-Un

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Obama Is Supposedly Getting Ready to Close Gitmo. Here Are 9 Other Times We've Heard That.

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Scott Walker Is Bragging About a Pro-Life Endorsement He Didn't Receive This Year

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The Supreme Court Just Blocked Scott Walker's Voter ID Law

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 10, 2014

This Guy Is Live-Tweeting the ISIS Attack on Kobani From Inside a Pepper Bush

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Asian Republican Coalition

The Asian Republican Coalition Is Mostly White and Mostly Endorses White Candidates

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Here's How Nigeria Beat Ebola

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How a Controversial Super-PAC Is Pushing Blacks and Latinos to Vote GOP

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Check Out This FBI Memo Citing John Lennon's "Revolutionary Activities"

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Sen. Inhofe Blocks Funds for Ebola Intervention

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Did Obama Just Signal That the FCC Will Preserve Net Neutrality?

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Hillary Clinton

Millennials Love Hillary Clinton Now

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Another Black Teenager Fatally Shot by Police, Just Miles from Ferguson

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Did Budget Cuts Hamper Response to Ebola and Enterovirus? Democrats Push for Hearing

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 9, 2014

Supreme Court Rules to Keep North Carolina's Extremely Restrictive Voting Law

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Susan Collins Says She Voted Against the Government Shutdown Last Year. Um, Really?

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This Is How Judges Humiliate Pregnant Teens Who Want Abortions

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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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