Politics

Haley Barbour's 2012 Money Machine

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Deciphering the Defense Budget, and More

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Tea Party Patriots Investigated: "They Use You and Abuse You"

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The GOP Plot to Destroy Legal Aid

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Foreclosure Crisis + Legal Aid Cuts = @#$%!

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 14, 2011

Rep. Steve King Pledges "Smackdown" on Planned Parenthood

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Ex-GOP Gov: 2012 Prez Candidates Are "Clowns"

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ChamberLeaks: What Did The Chamber Know?

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Corn on "Hardball": How Will US-Egypt Relationship Change?

Tom Tancredo: Muslim Immigrants Spread Sharia Law

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The Week in Sharia: Texas Has Its Sputnik Moment (Updated)

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Mitt Romney and the Tea Party: It's Complicated

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NYC Mosque Foe Pam Geller On Egypt: Bad for Freedom

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Conservative Political Action Conference: Live Coverage

Map: Has Your State Banned Sharia?

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GOP Budget Slashers Under Attack From...Schoolteachers?

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Who Is Omar Suleiman?

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House GOPer: America Now a "Second-Class State"

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Will Palin Announce Presidential Bid at Tea Party Conference?

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Hacked Emails Detail Plan to Entrap, Discredit Opponents of US Chamber

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Judge in Controversial Abortion Case Donated to Abortion Foes

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AZ Immigration Guru Targets "Anchor" Babies

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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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