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Obama Budget: Grow Prisons and Keep Gitmo

As broke states try to shed nonviolent inmates, the federal detention machine looks to expand.

—James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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Dan Savage on "It Gets Better" and Surging Santorum

The sex columnist talks about his campaign to help gay kids—and why the GOP primary results are freaking him out.

—Jialu Chen
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Are Apple's New China Auditors Toothless Tigers?

Dispatching "independent" inspectors in Chinese factories dodges Apple's fundamental problem.

—Andy Kroll
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Calculator: How Expensive Is Birth Control?

Rick Santorum claims it's "just a few dollars." Time for a reality check.

—Ben Breedlove, Maya Dusenbery, and Tasneem Raja
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Rick Santorum's Beer Money

Was the former Pennsylvania senator under the influence of the beer lobby?

—Tim Murphy

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The Secret City of Vivian Maier

Photos from one of America's greatest unknown street photographers—now on cleaner, larger photojournalism pages.

Afghanistan's Burned Brides

A hospital tries to save women who've set themselves ablaze. And a prosecutor tries to get them justice.

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I Couch-Surfed Across America—and Lived to Tell

How I used CouchSurfing.org to crash with perfect strangers and see the country on the cheap (without getting killed by an ax murderer).

—Tim Murphy

Charts: The Crazy Cost of Becoming President, From Lincoln to Obama

In 1860, it took $2.8 million to win the White House. In 2008 it took more than 260 times that. Is the presidency overpriced?

—Dave Gilson

The Prolific Fan Art of Die Antwoord (Slideshow)

What is it about these freaky South African "zef" rappers that inspires so much creativity?

—Michael Mechanic

All the Presidents' Jams

Listen to these 44 songs about our 44 presidents—and today's otherwise ho-hum holiday might just blow your mind.

—Tim Murphy

Nuclear Weapons on a Highway Near You

Big rigs with bombs are secretly cruising America's interstates. But how safe are they from terrorists or accidents?

—Adam Weinstein

How Rick Santorum Ripped Off American Veterans

A controversial land deal by the presidential candidate robbed a vets' home of tens of millions of dollars.

—Andy Kroll

"This Means War": A Lazy, (Vaguely) Pro-Patriot Act Bore

The new shoot-'em-up romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon is dumb, annoying, and soporific.

—Asawin Suebsaeng

Anthony Shadid, R.I.P.

Shadid died from an apparent asthma attack on Thursday while reporting inside Syria. He was 43. Read our recent interview with the revered two-time Pulitzer winner.

—Aaron Ross

The Inside Story on Climate Scientists Under Siege

Michael Mann reveals his account of attacks by entrenched interests seeking to undermine his "hockey stick" graph.

–By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian; James West, Climate Desk

Bombs Away

Obama is considering ditching most US nukes. Conservatives say it's "reckless lunacy"—but military strategists think it's smart.

—Adam Weinstein

The .0000063% Election

How American politics became the politics of the superrich.

—Ari Berman

Wendell Pierce Goes to Market

The "Treme" and "The Wire" actor on his career, launching a supermarket chain in New Orleans, and why Americans shy away from reality on television.

—Elizabeth Gettelman

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