Politics

Elizabeth Warren: Democratic Women Need a Seat at the Governing Table

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Hell Unearthed at the Florida School for Boys—Again

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Report: Eric Holder Plans To Step Down As Attorney General

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The Right's Newest Obama Conspiracy: He Made Up a "New" Terrorist Group to Defeat

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Sam Brownback

Sam Brownback Tried to Create a Conservative Utopia—and Put Kansas in Play for the Democrats

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Soldiers from a US-suppplied Iraqi brigade display their colors in 2006.

$26 Billion in US Aid Later, the Iraqi Military Is a Total Disaster

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Chart: It's Never Been a Better Time to Be Rich

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Joni Ernst

How Does This GOP Senate Candidate Keep Getting Away With Such Terrible Gaffes?

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John Bolton

If You Liked John Bolton’s Take On WMD, You’ll Love His Thoughts On Cuddling With Strangers

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Gov. Susana Martinez's Emails Have Mysteriously Disappeared

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Liberians Explain Why the Ebola Crisis Is Way Worse Than You Think

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Cresent Hardy

GOP Candidate: Mitt Romney's "47 Percent" Remarks Are Even More True Today

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"This Is What America Is Prepared to Do": Watch President Obama Speak to the UN

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These Maps Show How Ebola Spread In Liberia

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Chart: Big Gains for the 1 Percent of the 1 Percent

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iraq syria

A Former Diplomat Explains Why Our Third War In Iraq Is Doomed

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money

Subprime Students: How For-Profit Universities Make a Killing By Exploiting College Dreams

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Labor's New Attack on Iowa Senate Candidate Joni Ernst: She's An ALEC Shill

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These Are the Regions Where Americans Are Most Likely to Favor Secession

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Top Al Qaeda Bomb Maker Reportedly Killed In Air Strikes

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Colorado welcome sign

GOP Candidate's Twitter Feed Calls Neo-Confederate Website an "Interesting Read"

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Chart: Happy Days Are Here Again—for the Superwealthy

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Kris Kobach

Kris Kobach Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. Now Voters May Send Him Packing.

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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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