Politics

Fast-Food Strikes Go Global

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 15, 2014
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Former GOP Senator Who First Hired McConnell Slams Him for Opposing Obamacare

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Human Rights Advocates Worry US Aid for Nigerian Girls' Rescue Operation Could Go Awry

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Jennifer Longdon

Spitting, Stalking, Rape Threats: How Gun Extremists Target Women

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Barack Obama

12 Things Obama Used To Distract From Benghazi, According to Conservatives

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO

John Oliver Explains Why He Attacked Mitch McConnell With an Old, Wrinkly Penis

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Nevada's GOP Stopped Opposing Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage. Here's What Happened Next.

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Finally, the NYPD Will Stop Seizing Condoms from Suspected Sex Workers

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Texas Governor Rick Perry

Will Rick Perry Execute A Mentally Disabled Man Tonight?

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Glenn Greenwald: How I Met Edward Snowden

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Kentucky: We Can't Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Because Gay Couples Don't Have Babies

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The Human Soldiers Behind Obama's Drone War

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Tim Geithner on Why Obama Passed Over Elizabeth Warren to Head the Consumer Protection Bureau

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WATCH: Iowa GOP Senate Candidate Still Believes There Were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 12, 2014
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This Ex-Con Reality TV Star Wants to Challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham

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The Minimum Wage Loophole That's Screwing Over Waiters and Waitresses

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Watch This Amazing Sesame Street Video About Having a Parent in Prison

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What It's Like to Visit Your Mom in Prison on Mother's Day

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The Next Cliven Bundy Showdown

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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Slams Chair of the GOP's New Benghazi Committee

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America Moves One Small Step Closer to Ending Solitary Confinement

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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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