Politics

Sochi gay residents vs. gay clubs

No Gays in Sochi, But Many Confused Straight People

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Here's Why Obama's Surveillance Transparency Deal With Tech Companies Doesn't Matter

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Rand Paul on Meet The Press

Rand Paul: There's No GOP War on Women, But Remember the Lewinsky Scandal?

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Barack Obama

Black Lawmakers Turn Up the Heat On Obama Over Judicial Nominees Who Backed Voter ID Law, Confederate Flag

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 27, 2014
Marco Rubio State of the Union Response

Watch: 4 Republicans Flub Response to Obama State of the Union

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Elephant and Planned Parenthood building

Meet 330 Lawmakers Who Made 2013 "A Terrible Year for Women's Health"

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Jimmy Fallon and Mitt Romney

Jimmy Fallon Makes Sex Jokes With Mitt Romney As They "Slow Jam the News"

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Scott DesJarlais

GOP Congressman Blasts Proposal for Muslim Cemetery

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JPMorgan Paid $20 Billion in Fines Last Year—So Its Board Is Giving Jamie Dimon a Raise

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How NSA Surveillance Fits Into a Long History of American Global Political Strategy

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dinesh d'souza

Remember How Dinesh D'Souza Outed Gay Classmates—and Thought It Was Awesome?

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John Boehner and Jay Leno

John Boehner: I'd Rather Smoke and Drink Red Wine Than Be President

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Steve Stockman

Have You Seen This Man?

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Want Proof Evolution Is Real? Just Look at Creationism

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

"I Will Kill You": Read the Police Report in Maine GOPer's Domestic Assault Case

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"If I Didn't Sell Drugs, I'd Be Dead": What It's Like to Lose Unemployment Benefits

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How the Christie and McDonnell Scandals Hurt the GOP, but Help the Tea Party

My Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later

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FBI Arrests "The Most Hated Man on the Internet," Revenge-Porn King Hunter Moore

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Richard H. "Dick" Black

GOP Candidate Who Made Marital Rape Remarks Drops Out of Congressional Race

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Is Obama Running Away From a Voter Registration Fight With the GOP?

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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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