Politics

Pawlenty's Pastor: An Evangelical Powerbroker

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Will Republicans' Budget-Cutting Mania Hurt Them In 2012?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 22, 2011

Franklin Graham's New Obama-Muslim Conspiracy Theory

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Hope and Revolution in 2011

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WATCH: Jerry Brown Takes Budget War to YouTube

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Yemen: Another Dictator Flees

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Egypt's Constitutional Referendum Passes, But Reformers Worry

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Tim Pawlenty to Launch Presidential Exploratory Committee

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Is Haley Barbour's Presidential Run All But Guaranteed?

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Americans Still Baffled Over Health Reform

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Ron Paul Coin Minter, Pot Priest, Faces 15 Years in Prison

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for March 21, 2011

Death By a Single GOP Cut?

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The Week in Sharia: And They Will Call it "Al-Aska"

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Libya: Obama Crafts the Anti-Bush Doctrine

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The Rich Get Richer: CEO Bonuses Skyrocket; Worker Pay Flat

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Ex-Goldman Banker Behind WSJ's Elizabeth Warren Attack

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The Growing Bradley Manning Backlash

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Madison Judge Temporarily Blocks Wisconsin "Repair" Bill

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

GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits

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Wisconsin: Will Walker's "Repair" Bill Survive Legal Challenges?

—By Andy Kroll with additional reporting by Nick Baumann and Siddhartha Mahanta

CHARTS

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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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