Politics

"I Don't Want to Create a Paper Trail": Inside the Secret Apple-Google Pact

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John Bonner and Richard Huntly

"It Was Kind of Like Slavery"

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What's Happening in Ukraine, Explained (Updated)

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US Supreme Court justices

New Ads Push the Supreme Court to Broadcast Oral Arguments

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Are We Living in a Post-Constitutional America?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 18, 2014
Ready for Clinton

How Two Hillary Clinton Superfans Became Super-PAC Power Players

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Why It's Getting Harder to Sue Illegal Movie Downloaders

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private prison protest

Why There's an Even Larger Racial Disparity in Private Prisons Than in Public Ones

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Montana Prosecutor Allegedly Told Mother of 5-Year-Old Sexual-Assault Victim That "Boys Will Be Boys"

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The Beauty of Music, Visualized

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Richie Incognito and Dolphins teammates

Guns Are for Shooting "All Black People" and Other Horrifying Quotes From the NFL's Dolphins Investigation

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 14, 2014
Milton Wolf

Obama's Tea Party Cousin Who's Running for Senate Compared President to Hitler

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Tech Mogul Tom Perkins Doubles Down on Comparing Treatment of the 1 Percent to the Holocaust

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Read the Incredibly Moving Opinion From the Judge Who Just Struck Down Virginia's Gay-Marriage Ban

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Corn on "Hardball": John Boehner Moves Forward With Clean Debt Ceiling Extension, Angers Tea Party
Benghazi map

This Map Is Not the Benghazi Smoking Gun Conservatives Think It Is

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VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Calls for Closing Loopholes for the Rich to Cut Student Loan Debt

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Rep. Justin Amash

Justin Amash Might Be Staying in Washington for a While

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 13, 2014

Dr. Drew and Nancy Grace: Why Do You Keep Booking This White Supremacist?

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The Obama Administration Wants 6 Million Americans to Get Back Their Right to Vote. Here's How.

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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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