Politics

Steve Russell

This Leading GOP Congressional Candidate Insists We Found Saddam's WMD Program

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Obama

Here's the Full Justice Department Memo That Allowed Obama To Kill an American Without Trial

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Want to Suppress the Vote? Stress People Out

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GOP Front-Runner Compares Gay Marriage to Polygamy

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 23, 2014

TEDx Goes to Prison

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Herman Cain: A First Grader Could Run America Better Than Obama

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4 Key Takeaways About Scott Walker's Alleged "Criminal Scheme"

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Target Remains in Crosshairs of Texas Gun Fight

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 20, 2014

Tea Party Darling Joe Walsh Says He Was Kicked Off His Own Radio Show for Using the N-Word

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Karl Rove Unintentionally Predicted the Current Chaos in Iraq

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The CIA Wanted to Make Bin Laden Demon Dolls. Here Are 4 Other Bizarre CIA Plots.

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On Iraq, McCain Won't Take McCain's Advice

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Food Activists Target Ben & Jerry's Even Though It Supports GMO Labeling

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WATCH: MoJo's Dan Schulman Talking Koch Brothers, 'Sons of Wichita' on The Daily Show

We're Still at War, Photo of the Day for June 19,2014

This Hedge Fund Millionaire Is Trying to Turn the Hamptons Republican

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The Second Amendment Doesn't Say What You Think It Does

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What Do We Actually Know About the Relationship Between Mental Illness and Mass Shootings?

—By Lois Beckett, ProPublica

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Watch: Dick Cheney's Utter Lack of Self-Awareness on Iraq
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Meet the Native American Woman Who Took on the Washington Football Team

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President Obama

The White House Won't Comment on Whether President Obama Uses Emoji

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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

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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