Politics

Northwestern's Football Team Just Voted on Unionization. Here's What Happens Next.

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The NRA Meets Its Potent New Foe: Moms

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Cliven Bundy's Daughter Slams Sean Hannity

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Hillary Clinton at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday

WATCH: Hillary Clinton Blasts Edward Snowden for Fleeing to Russia and China

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Mitch McGary

NCAA Slams Injured Basketball Player With Yearlong Ban for Smoking Weed Once

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 25, 2014
Barbara Comstock

Can This Oppo Research Guru Survive the Mudslinging in Her GOP Primary?

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An Open Letter to My Sexist Dentist

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Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence Research

Lois Beckett, ProPublica

Congressman Slams the Pentagon for its "Orwellian" Treatment of Fort Hood Victims

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Which Bundy Said It: Cliven, Al, Ted, or McGeorge?

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My Life in the New American Minimum Wage Economy

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Meet 5 of the Low-Level Drug Offenders Obama Could Set Free. There Are Thousands More Like Them

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Report: Solitary Confinement Used to Punish Female Prisoners Who Report Rape

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 24, 2014

Koch-Linked Firm Signs Up Arkansas GOP Leader

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It's a major award

There's an Award for Comprehensible Writing in Government. Guess Who Won.

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 23, 2014
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The "Knockout Game" Isn't a Real Trend. These Lawmakers Are Trying to Ban It, Anyway.

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Rand Paul

WATCH: Rand Paul Says Jimmy Carter Was Better on the Budget Than Ronald Reagan

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How We've Created a Booming Market for Border Security Technology

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Garen Wintemute

Meet the Doctor Who Gave $1 Million of His Own Money to Keep His Research on Gun Violence Going

Lois Beckett, ProPublica

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

How Taxpayers Subsidize the Multi-Million Dollar Salaries of Restaurant CEOs

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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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