Politics

Democrats Challenge GOP's "Super-Duper PAC"

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Jon Huntsman's Climate Problem

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Crossroads GPS's New Target: Health Care Waivers

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What Standardized Tests Miss

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DEVELOPING: Shariah Bill Sponsors Still Kind of Clueless

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

Inside the Democrats' Outside Money Machine

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Birtherism Is Dead. Long Live Otherism.

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Corn on "Hardball": Bachmann for President?

Circumcision Ban On San Francisco Ballot

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Heckuva Book, Brownie

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Irony Alert: Iran Launches Human Rights News Agency

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Gingrich, Pawlenty Perpetuate Health Waiver Myth

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"Discipline" is not Newt Gingrich's Biggest Problem

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

Obama’s Middle East Speech: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?

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Rick Perry for President?

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Reach of Diplomatic Immunity

— Sergio Hernandez, ProPublica

Will Rick Perry Run?

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New Terrorist Threats: Greenpeace and a Dead Elephant

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Debunking the Right's Health Waiver Conspiracy

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Gingrich, Bachmann Address Wannabe Hate Group

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RIP WTF 44

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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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