Politics

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Gun Activists Flaunting Assault Rifles Get Booted From Chili's and Sonic

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Looking for a Job

The Slow, Quiet Death of Extended Unemployment Benefits

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Supreme Court Delivers a Hit—But Not a "Kill Shot"—to Public-Employee Unions

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Dan Schulman

WATCH: Daniel Schulman Talks Koch Family History
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This Is How the Right Milks Benghazi for Cash

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Bobby Jindal

Louisiana Republicans Wondering Why Bobby Jindal Doesn't Call Them Anymore

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

Why Is Connecticut Holding a Transgender Teen in Solitary?

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A super-PAC ad for Tom Cotton

Someone Just Spent $1.5 Million on a GOP Senate Candidate. We'll Probably Never Know Who.

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These Women Are Tired of Being Nice. Read Their Badass Letter About Sexism in Tech.

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WATCH: Bill and David Koch Duke it Out as Tykes in Old Family Footage

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50 Senators Call on Washington Football Team to Change Name

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The NSA Bill That Just Passed Is So Weak, Original Backers Voted Against It

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 22, 2014

Do Background Checks Work to Keep Disturbed People From Getting Guns?

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Is the World's Most Powerful Military Defenseless Against Big Tobacco?

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We Don't Know How Many Americans Are Shot Each Year. This Bill Could Help Us Find Out.

Lois Beckett, ProPublica

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GOP House Candidate: There's a Gay Plot to Recruit and Sodomize Your Kids

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No, the Spitting Attack on a Paralyzed Mom Was Not a Hoax

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Crimean Tatars

Armed Groups in Ukraine Target Gays, Journalists, Minorities, and Anyone Who Speaks Up

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 21, 2014
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All About Blackshades, the Malware That Lets Hackers Watch You Through Your Webcam

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Hillary Clinton's Speaking Circuit Payday: $5 Million (and Counting)

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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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