Politics

Ferguson

How Many Ways Can the City of Ferguson Slap You With Court Fees? We Counted

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This Man Wrote Hundreds of Letters Warning Politicians Not to Lie. It Worked.

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What Billionaires Know About Politics

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Liberals and Conservatives Join Together to Slam Obama for Sidestepping Congress on ISIS Fight

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The Nation's Biggest Abortion Battle Is Playing Out in Tennessee

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News Organizations Battle Pennsylvania Over Secret Source of Its Execution Drugs

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 11, 2014
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The New York Times Just Issued the Best Correction You'll Read All Week

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These 6 California Republicans Have a Snowball's Chance in Hell of Reaching Congress

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Dem Candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Vows to Block Texas-Style Abortion Bill

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The ISIS Speech: Obama and the Dogs of War

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Does the Web Seem Way Slow Today? It May Be Soon If You Don't Get in the FCC's Face

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So Basically Everyone Killed By a Cop Is A Criminal, According to the FBI

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 10, 2014

Controversial Former College President Mansplains Alleged Rape Victim

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Liberal Dems Are Split Over Obama and ISIS

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Here’s the Data That Shows Cops Kill Black People at a Higher Rate Than White People

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Welcome Back to Silicon Valley's Biggest Sausage Fest

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Pentagon and Other Agencies Slammed for Police Militarization at Senate Hearing

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Ebola Is Getting So Bad That Even House Republicans Will Back New Funds to Fight It

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for September 9, 2014
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Jeb Bush Just Took a Big Step Toward Running for President. Here Are 23 Reasons He Should Reconsider.

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These 3 Gay Republicans Are Running for Congress

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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

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This Is What It's Really Like to Survive a Gunshot

Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless

Photo Essays + Slideshows

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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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