Politics

Is Palin Now Leaning Toward a 2012 Run?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 17, 2011

Michele Bachmann’s Head-Banging, Gay-Bashing BFF

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The GOP's Super-Duper PAC

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Why It Feels So Good to Be Embedded With the US Military

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Ron Paul's 15 Most Extreme Positions

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Is Newt Calling for a Literacy Test?

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GOP Presidential Candidates Stump for...The Individual Mandate?

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The Conservative Lawyer Who Brought You Citizens United Is Back For Round II

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Solved: The Congressional Staffer Behind "WTF 44"

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 16, 2011

Corn on "Hardball": John Ensign's Web of Deceit

Legal Advocates Slam Tea Party Constitution Classes

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Pawlenty Snags Swiftboat Funder and Other Top Donors

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The Democrats' Medicare Problem

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 13, 2011

10 CEOs Who Got Rich By Squeezing Workers

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Iowa GOPers: Huckabee's Running Out of Time and Talent

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The Crash and Burn of Old Regimes

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The Hypocrisy of Darrell Issa

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Dem Campaign Ad: "I Have Issues! I'm Korean."

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Issa Stacks the Deck Against Obama's Dark Money Directive

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What Mitt Romney Doesn't Need to Say About Health Care

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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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