Politics

Who Gives A $%&t?

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Expanding Universe

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The Evangelical Radio Broadcasting Empire

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A Nation Under God

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God and Country: The Great Debate of Our Season
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Original Intent: It Wasn't an Oversight that the Founders Left God out of the Constitution

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Christian vs. Christian at Baylor University

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An obscure foundation has developed a new way to dispense to the Lord's cause.

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American Catholics Raise Their Voices Against the Death Penalty

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The United States Is Not Founded on the Christian Religion

Atheist Lobbying Groups Unite

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When It's Wal-Mart vs. the People in Pennsylvania, Which Does Rick Santorum Choose?

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The Man Who Converted George W. Bush

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A Prison Poetry Magazine?

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Diddly Awards for God Abuse

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So Help Us Our Guardian Deities

Political Missteps on Religious Lines

Do Unto Others
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Heaven on Earth

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A Southern Californian Teenager Returns to His Native Afghanistan

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Strategy Word Count

Terrorist Financing is Boring

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More Tea Leaves

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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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