Politics

gay marriage

Indiana Pulling Out All the Stops to Block Gay Marriage

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How a Mexican Citizen Allegedly Funneled $500,000 of Illegal Money into US Elections

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 23, 2014

How Oil Drilling Is Like the "Civil Rights Revolution," and Other Gems From the Tea Party's Rising Star

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no flying

Bush-Appointed Judge Rules that No-Fly List Makes Some Americans "Second-Class Citizens"

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In the Bay Area, Anti-Google Protests Get Creepy

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Mitt Romney

Here's Why You Don't See Romney Reacting to the 47 Percent Video in "Mitt"

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It Took Ariel Castro to Get Ohio to Start Taking Away Rapists' Parental Rights. Here Are the States That Haven't Yet.

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 22, 2014

Nevada Dems Slam Boehner for Fundraising off Nevadans Rather Than Extending Their Unemployment Benefits

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Doyel Shamley

This New World Order Conspiracy Theorist Is Advising Republicans on Environmental Policy

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IRS Dark Money

Did These 68 Words Just Kill IRS Oversight of Dark Money?

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Bob McDonnell

Here's Why Bob McDonnell Just Got Indicted

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Democrats opposing the measure

The Obama Administration Wants to End Racial Discrimination by Car Dealers. Why Are 35 Dems Getting in the Way?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 21, 2014

The Family That Gives Together

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Legislators in 6 States Want to Pull the Plug on NSA Spying—Some Literally

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Illustration by Steve Brodner

Meet the New Kochs: The DeVos Clan's Plan to Defund the Left

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Hippy Harry Reid

Pot Grows on Harry Reid

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Mitt Romney

"Mitt" the Movie: What's Not There

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Obama's NSA Reforms More Transparent Than Expected—But Expectations Were Really Low

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John Kerry actor holds a hedgehog

WATCH: Government-Funded Israeli Groups Attack John Kerry With Scatological Parody Video

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WATCH: Senate Candidate Claims IRS is Training "Brown Shirts" to Enforce Obamacare Using Assault Weapons

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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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