Politics

"That's What That N----- Deserved"

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Philadelphia Cops Shoot and Kill People at 6 Times the Rate of the NYPD

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5 Death Penalty Cases Tainted by Racism

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Sen. Ted Cruz and Jeff Roe

Meet Ted Cruz's Karl Rove: "He Leaves a Path of Destruction"

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ACLU Lawsuit Seeks Data on TSA's Creepy "Behavior Detection" Program

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Police: There Is "No Evidence" of Gang Rape Detailed in Rolling Stone's UVA Story

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The European Union flag.

The European Union Has Been a Huge Success, It Also Might Be on the Verge of Collapse

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The Boston Globe Really, Really Wants Elizabeth Warren to Run for President

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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz's First Campaign Stop: the Birthplace of the "Clinton Body Count"

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Ted Cruz Is Running for President. Here's What You Need to Know About Him.

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His Chemical Romance: Tom Udall Teams Up With the Chemical Industry, With Explosive Results

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20 Obamacare Stats Republicans Don't Want You to See

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7 Reasons America Is Stuck in Never-Ending War

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"That Tree Is So Perfect For Lynching": NC State Frat Suspended Over Alleged Link to Outrageously Offensive Pledge Book

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Bill Clinton and Dale Bumpers

After Mother Jones Report, University of Arkansas Pulls Diary Critical of the Clintons

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Golden Law scales with thousands dollars cash money

Company at Center of "Debtors' Prison" Case Accused of Racketeering

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This Declassified CIA Report Shows the Shaky Case for the Iraq War

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Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney's Email Hypocrisy

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Executing the Insane Is Against the Law of the Land. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?

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Visitors to Federal Websites Are Into Taxes, Weather, and…Recalling Puerto Rico's Governor

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US soldiers in front of a camera.

War Porn: Hollywood Has Been Making the Same Movie About American War for 75 Years

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Facebook Is Being Sued for Gender and Racial Discrimination. Here's Why.

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UVA Student's Violent Arrest Sparks Outrage and Calls for #JusticeForMartese

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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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