Politics

The Weekly Standard Doesn't Get That "Friend" And "Policy Adviser" Aren't The Same Thing

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Steve Beshear

Kentucky Governor's Race Devolves Into Debate Over Hinduism

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Mike Toomey and Rick Perry

It Begins: Pro-Perry Group Runs First Super-PAC Ads of 2012

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Capitol for sale

The Dark Money Shakedown

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Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren

The Elizabeth Warren–Scott Brown Proxy War

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In God We Trust. In Congress, Not So Much.

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When Does A Lynching Matter? When It's "High-Tech."

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 1, 2011

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NRO Fumbles Its Defense Of Walid Phares

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libyan fighter celebrates

NATO's Libya Mission Officially Ended Monday

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Herman Cain

Cain on Student Loans: "I Don't Have a Position"

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Got Student Debt? So Does Occupy Wall Street

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Wisconsin Republicans' Last-Ditch Schemes to Prevent Recalls

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Can You Mail a Brick to a Bank?

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Is Herman Cain Hiding Behind a Settlement Agreement?

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Afghan Prison Abuses: What Did Americans Know? And When Did They Know It?

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Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.): "Other Ethnicities" Are Not As "Straight-Forward" as Midwesterners

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Isbaheysiga Mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Third American Suicide Bomber Ever Dies In Mogadishu Attack

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Tea Party Leader to Herman Cain: Do Your Homework

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Mark Block

Herman Cain's Other Big Scandal: A Possible IRS Violation

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After MoJo Investigation, US Company Admits Its Technology Used in Syria

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Bachmann and Bradlee Dean

Long-time Bachmann Ally Jumps Ship: "Lady, You Stink"

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Meet the Shadowy Spenders Trying to Buy the 2012 Elections

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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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