Politics

Study: Pretrial Detention Creates More Crime

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Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray in October.

Not So Fast: New Budget Deal Leaves a Lot to Deal With

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Nelson Mandela

Now Scammers are Trying to Make Money off Mandela's Death

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Let's Roll: Unraveling the Pentagon's Toilet Paper Budget

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Hands praying

Charts: Catholic Hospitals Don't Do Much for the Poor

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 18, 2013

The Long, Expensive History of Defense Rip-Offs

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Rand Paul

Rand Paul Doubles Down on Support for GOP Senate Candidate Who Rallied With Secessionists

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A Glitter-Covered Banner Got These Protesters Arrested for Staging a Bioterror Hoax

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Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Prevent Employers From Discriminating Against Poor People

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Unemployment Benefits Are Ending for 1.3 Million Americans. What's That All About?

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Paramount Christian Academy

North Carolina Home Schools to Get Public School Money

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Charles Koch

Scholars Protest Charles Koch's Donation to Catholic University

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Paul Ryan

The Budget Impasse Is Over, But House Republicans Plan More Economic Brinksmanship

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Should the NFL Lose Its Tax-Exempt Status?

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Report: Aggressive Police Tactics Contributing to New Orleans' Staggering HIV/AIDS Rate

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hands in jail

LA County Jail Deputies Accused of Trying to Thwart FBI Probe

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Matt Dossey

Inside a School Where Teachers Pack Heat

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Center for Public Integrity

Rand Paul-Backed GOP Senate Candidate Held Rally With Secessionist Group

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Ivan Okhlobystin

Russian Sitcom Star Wants to Burn All Gay People Alive in Ovens

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Is This Plane the Biggest Pentagon Rip-Off of All Time?

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State Attorneys General to FDA: What Were You Thinking When You Approved Powerful New Painkiller?

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Jameis Winston

How Tallahassee Police Blew the Jameis Winston Case

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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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