Politics

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Shadowy Wisconsin Group That Helped Scott Walker Win His Recall Was Backed by the Koch Network

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VIDEO: David Corn on What Chris Christie's Bridge Scandal Means for 2016

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9 Times Chris Christie Denied Using a Bridge for Political Revenge

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 9, 2014

Marco Rubio to Jobless: Get Out Of Town

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Credit Union Offers Teachers Personal Loans for Classroom Supplies

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All the Governors’ Dark-Money Funds

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Corn on "Last Word": Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Hated Congress

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NSA's Harshest Critics Meeting With White House Officials Tomorrow

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Will San Francisco's Plan to Charge Tech Buses $1.5 Million Satisfy Activists?

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Utah Just Decided It Isn't Going to Recognize the 1,300 Same-Sex Marriages It Already Certified

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Christie Administration's Bridge Lane Closure Slowed Search for Missing 4-Year-Old, Says Official

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Here Are the Chris Christie Emails Everyone Is Talking About

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Shocking New Developments in Christie Scandal

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 8, 2014

How We Won—and Lost—the War on Poverty, in 6 Charts

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The Startling Size of US Special Forces

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GOP Congressional Candidate: I Don't Actually Think an International Cabal of Bankers Controls the World

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How Reddit Became a Gun Market—and Authorized Its Logo on Assault Rifles

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Corn on "Hardball": The Debate on Income Inequality Will Continue in 2014

Mississippi GOP Senate Candidate Blames Hip-Hop for Gun Violence (AUDIO)

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Dear Apple: Don't Work With Russian Company Whose Creative Director Advocates "Burning Gays in Ovens"

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These GOPers Tried (and Failed) to Kill the Benefits Bill. Here's How High Unemployment Is in Their States

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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

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This Is What It's Really Like to Survive a Gunshot

Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless

Photo Essays + Slideshows

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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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