Politics

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In Anti-Obamacare Case, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Questions the Foundation of the Lawsuit

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Top Georgia Republican Sued For "Bigoted, Racist, and Sexist" Comments

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Tea Party Darling Ben Carson Says Prisoners Prove That Homosexuality Is A Choice

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Meet the 85-Year-Old Texas Lady Pushing Republicans to Embrace Marijuana

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8 Million More Uninsured: What Could Happen If the Supreme Court Rules Against Obamacare

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Ferguson Official Stated President Obama Wouldn't Last Long "Because What Black Man Holds a Steady Job for Four Years”

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Brian Williams Mess Pulls Government's Media Mogul Back to NBC News

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clinton

How Hillary Clinton May Have Violated Government Rules on Emails

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Obama: Netanyahu's Speech Fails to Offer "Viable Alternatives" on Iran

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DOJ Finds Pervasive Racial Bias at Ferguson Police Department

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The Koch Brothers Just Launched a Lobbying Campaign to Eliminate an Obscure Government Agency. Here's Why.

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netanyahu

Netanyahu's Speech: Mansplaining Iran to Obama

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Reporting Sexual Abuse in the Military Is "Inherently Unfair." Here's Why.

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Report: Justice Department to Condemn Racially Biased Policing in Ferguson

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Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly's Own Video From Falklands Protest Contradicts His "War Zone" Claim

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"3 Years of Torture Is Enough": A Transgender Inmate Sues Georgia Prisons

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Is Your State Trying to Outlaw Vaccine Exemptions?

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"It's Easier to Get Laid at CPAC Than on Spring Break"

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The White House

The US Helped Create International Law, Now We Just Ignore It

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Beijing

The Economic Rise Of China Is Pretty Significant

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What We Know About the Mysterious Suicide of Missouri Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Schweich

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Hero Mom Has the Perfect Response to Son Begging to Join ISIS

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Sean Hannity Said Some Something Really Creepy at CPAC Today

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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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