Politics

Chart: The Typical White Family Is 20 Times Wealthier Than the Typical Black Family

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Sam Brownback

How Kansas Is Selling Sam Brownback's Failed Trickle-Down Tax Cuts

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Happy 90th Birthday, Jimmy Carter

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Richard Tisei

Social Conservatives Are Freaking Out Because the GOP Let 2 Gay People Into the Party

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Kenya Plans to Hang a Nurse for Botching an Illegal Abortion

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America Spends $68 Billion a Year on 17 Major Intelligence Agencies. So Why Do We Keep Getting Caught Off-Guard?

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Chart: As Top Tax Rates Dropped, Top Incomes Soared

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ebola virus

Second Healthcare Worker in Texas Tests Positive for Ebola

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More Than 80 Percent of Teens Are Using the Wrong Birth Control

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New Mexico AG Gary King, who is running for governor in New Mexico

New Mexico AG Opens Criminal Investigation Into Missing Susana Martinez Emails

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Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney's Latest Excuse for His 47 Percent Remarks Is a Doozy

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Chart: Half of All Income Goes to the Top 10 Percent

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An Aid Worker Tweeted the Location of an ISIS Camp. Now They're Hunting for Him.

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A mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle

Police Departments Want to Get Rid of Their Pentagon-Issued Combat Gear. Here's Why They Can't.

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These Insane Photos Show What the Hell Is Happening in Hong Kong

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James Lee Witt and Bill Clinton

Can the Ultimate Clintonite Still Cut it in Bubba's Home Base?

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Did Crazy Luck Help Cigarette Makers Sidestep These Gruesome Warning Labels?

—By Myron Levin, FairWarning

GOP Donor: Elect a Republican Sheriff in Case Obama Seizes Dictatorial Power

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Elizabeth Warren

A GOP Senate's First Target: Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Protection Agency

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Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman

This Republican Who Wants to End the Weekend Is Probably Headed to Congress

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Chart: You're Working More But Earning Less

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gulf of guinea

The US Is Also Fighting Pirates Off the Coast of West Africa

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Sam Brownback

Sam Brownback's Administration Is Auctioning Off Some Incredibly NSFW Sex Toys

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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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