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The White House is tired of responding to petitions
Jillian Rayfield
The We the People website has raised the threshold for a White House response
Must-see morning clip
Prachi Gupta
Jon Stewart is furious with Lance Armstrong for lying about doping
Must-see morning clip
Prachi Gupta
Jon Stewart fires back at New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for calling him lazy
This man helped save six children, is now getting harassed for it
Alex Seitz-Wald
Gene Rosen sheltered six kids during the Sandy Hook massacre. Now he's become a target of conspiracy theorists
Is John Boehner hitting the bottle?
Kevin Gray
His drinking has long been a subject of speculation -- more so now with the House barreling toward its next crisis
Paul Krugman chastises Jon Stewart for mocking the platinum coin
Jillian Rayfield
"Lots of people think it’s a good idea," Krugman said. "But it’s not just, ‘Oh, those idiots’"
The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exile
Michael Janofsky
After 24 years at the New York Times, I got a call -- and stumbled into the strangest writing gig of my career
Anti-gay activist lawyer guilty of child pornography after videotaping daughter
Evelyn Schlatter
Lisa Biron faces 25 years in prison for filming her 14-year-old having sex with two men on multiple occasions
The Hitler gun control lie
Alex Seitz-Wald
Gun rights activists who cite the dictator as a reason against gun control have their history dangerously wrong
Radical right: “We’ll start killing people” if Obama enacts gun control
Mark Potok
On Wednesday, a Tennessee weapons instructor's crazed YouTube rant went viral. More terrifying? He's not alone
“Burn the houses down with the cops and their families inside”
Jillian Rayfield
Right-wing group with shady ties to Alaska GOP politics heads to prison. The FBI informant tells Salon the details
A worthy, necessary Nobel honoring the Arab Spring — and much more
Lawrence Weschler
As nominations close for the Nobel Peace Prize, the case for Bahrain's remarkable, besieged Al-Khawaja family
Alisa Valdes: Anti-feminist romance not so romantic
Tracy Clark-Flory
Alisa Valdes' book "Feminist and the Cowboy" is about a man who taught her to "submit." Now she says he abused her
Meet the Sandy Hook truthers
Alex Seitz-Wald
Theorists think they've found “absolute proof” that Newtown was a hoax. Have they no shame?
Must-see morning clip
Prachi Gupta
Vikings punter Chris Kluwe explains his viral pro-gay marriage letter on "The Colbert Report"
Can “jihad” survive Pam Geller?
Alex Seitz-Wald
It's an uphill fight, but Muslim activists are trying to reclaim a holy word that's become synonymous with terror
Michelle Rhee to actually be held accountable by press for once
Alex Pareene
"Frontline" examines the face of "education reform" and the cheating she refused to investigate in Washington
Nate Silver: Political pundits more delusional than sports fans
Natasha Lennard
During his Reddit "Ask Me Anything," the statistician discussed the frustrations of quantitative political analysis
The Krims show the world what healing looks like
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Two months after their children were murdered, the couple reaches out to offer solace and inspiration to others
The platinum coin joke falls flat
Natasha Lennard
A new bill proposes to close the loophole on minting high-value coins to pay off government bills. Really, guys?
Meet the Nate Silvers of the Oscar race
Daniel D'Addario
Bloggers don't have to compromise access for brutal honesty — and have become the best predictors of the awards
Even a rocker can be bullied
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Amanda Palmer's blog post seeks advice on dealing with the trolls — and some moving answers flood in
Steubenville city officials launch blog to share the “most accurate information” on rape case
Prachi Gupta
Announcement of the blog came just an hour before Anonymous' "Occupy Steubenville" protest began
Major charitable gifts dropped by 30 percent last year
Natasha Lennard
America's wealthiest gave less in 2012, showing that philanthropy is not a reliable resource
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