Politics

GOP Super-Donor on Politicians: "Most of These People...They're Unemployable"

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Fundraiser for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez to Feature GOP House, Senate, and Party Bigwigs

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin

How Oklahoma's GOP Governor Turned a Heinous Killer Into a Death-Penalty Martyr

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 5, 2014
Robert Woodson and Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan's Poverty Guru Disagrees With a Big Part of His Budget

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Bullying Victims Are Twice as Likely to Bring a Weapon to School

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Matt Taibbi

The Man Behind the Vampire Squid: An Interview with Matt Taibbi

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Darrell Issa

Why There Is No Cure for the GOP's Benghazi Fever

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April Had the Lowest Jobless Rate Since Obama Took Office

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 2, 2014
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Meet the Insiders Posing as Grassroots Members of the NRA

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GOP Operative Pulls Election "Shenanigans" In New York House Race

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Postcards From American Cities in Decline

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New York Stock Exchange Broke Its Own Rules, SEC Says

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Should We Step in to Help Nigeria Find Kidnapped Girls?

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Ted Cruz: Conservative Darling. Grandstanding Senator. Campaign-Finance Reform Ally?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 1, 2014
Rand Paul

Rand Paul on Israel: Flip, Flop?

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naji mansour

Listen to a Secret Tape of FBI Agents Interviewing—and Threatening—a Potential Informant

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Danny Carroll

Iowa's New GOP Chairman Involved in Shady Real Estate Deal That Took Advantage of Elderly Widow

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Meet the American Citizens Who Allege the US Had Them Locked Up Abroad

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Fast Food

Fast-Food Uniforms Have Changed Since These '70s Outfits. Wages, Not So Much

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naji mansour

This American Refused to Become an FBI Informant. Then the Government Made His Family's Life Hell.

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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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