Politics

Derrick Gordon

UMass' Derrick Gordon Is First Openly Gay Man In Major College Basketball

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 9, 2014

Fox News Hails Doctor Who Said Gay Rights Lead to Child Molestation

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Watch Elizabeth Warren Go After Paul Ryan for Blaming Unemployment on the Unemployed

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new york city

How Wall Street Screwed Over Tenants in New York City

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Shabazz Napier national championship

As UConn Celebrates, State Legislators Look to Help Players Unionize

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Fox and Friends First NAACP NCAA

Fox News Confuses NAACP and NCAA 2 Days After SNL Joked About It

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 8, 2014

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When "Anti-Terror" Measures Ruin the Lives of Innocent People

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mental health in prison

There Are 10 Times More Mentally Ill People Behind Bars Than in State Hospitals

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The Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. What Happened Next in These 8 States Will Not Shock You.

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Elizabeth Warren, Kingmaker?

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Watch David Corn Discuss the Beef Between Rand Paul and Dick Cheney
Sam Yagan

OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too

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sharif mobley and daughter

An American Just Disappeared From a Prison in Yemen, and No One Will Say What Happened

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Aaron Miller

This GOP House Candidate Is Running for Office So His Daughter Won't Have to Learn About Evolution

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Julie Hermann

Rutgers Athletic Director Wishes Critical Local Newspaper Would Die

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for April 7, 2014
John Boehner and Mitch McConnell

The GOP Is at War With Itself. So Why Are Republicans Poised to Win in 2014?

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Rand Paul

WATCH: Rand Paul Says Dick Cheney Pushed for the Iraq War So Halliburton Would Profit

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Lawsuit Alleges Cruel and Unusual Conditions for Mentally Ill in Montana Prison

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March Jobs Report Shows a Spring Pick-Up

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Glenn Grothman

This GOP House Candidate Proposed Eliminating the Weekend

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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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