Politics

Cheeeese

The West Wing's Big Block of Cheese Day Ideas, Ranked

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US-Funded Hospital in Afghanistan Has 3 Light Bulbs, Forces Staff to Wash Newborns in River Water

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Republicans Just Won the Food Stamp War

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Rep. Michael Grimm's Challenger Weighs In: "A Shameful Abuse of Power"

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David Corn on Hardball

VIDEO: David Corn on Why Obama's State of the Union Speech Missed the Mark

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 29, 2014

Republican Congressman Michael Grimm Threatens to Break Reporter in Half

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Barack Obama

Obama's State of the Union: Letting the Republicans Off the Hook

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10 Guesses Why SF Mayor Ed Lee Is Sitting With Michelle Obama at SOTU

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Obama SOTU

Watch the 2014 State of the Union Address Right Here

The Myth of the United States' Pivot To Asia

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Kain Colter

College Football Players Are Trying to Unionize, and the NCAA Is Not Happy About It

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Scott Walker

Scott Walker Joins the Common Core Wars

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Eric Cantor and John Boehner

House GOP's New Anti-Abortion Strategy: Let's Try NOT Talking About Rape

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Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen Pays Tribute to Seeger

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John McCain

VIDEO: Is John McCain Too Liberal? David Corn Debates.

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 28, 2014
Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger, RIP. And, By the Way, You Won.

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Charts: Unemployment Benefits' Big Bang for the Buck

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Badger Guns sign

Obama Justice Department Intervenes in Gun Case—on Behalf of Notorious Gun Dealer

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Barack Obama

State of the Union: No More Mr. Nice President

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Cheating email

Did Your Spouse Pay These Guys to Hack Your Email Password?

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Operation American Spring

"1.8 Million Definite Militia Members" to March on DC, Install New Government

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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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