Politics

Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire

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Gene Sperling and the Revolving Door

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Is The Jobs Recovery Finally Here?

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How Not to Cut the Deficit

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 6, 2011

Is Larry Summers' Potential Successor Really a Wall Street Ally?

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BP Disaster was "Avoidable"

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If You Dig Political Muckraking, Thank Wayne Barrett

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Pelosi's Defectors

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Flashback: Speaker Boehner on Climate and Cow Farts

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Wall Street's Gift to GOP: '10 Elections

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Issa's Glaring Omission: War Spending

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The Urge to Surge

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The Dems' Plan to Save Health Care Reform

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 5, 2011

Navy Captain Sunk by Videos

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Top GOPer Says Defense Cuts are "On the Table"

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Bank of America's WikiLeaks Defense Fail

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How Much Would It Cost to Repeal Health Care Reform?

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Fred Upton Cools to Global Warming

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Dick Cheney's Disappearing Clout

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 4, 2011

WATCH: Sheppard and Corn on "Countdown"

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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