Politics

Bad News for Wall Street, Good News for Main Street

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Are Sarah Palin's Emails Proof of Literary Greatness?

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Meet the Right's New Agent of Intolerance

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AARP's Social Security Bombshell

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Joplin Postcard: "It's Like a Warzone Out Here"

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 17, 2011

Harrowing, Heartbreaking Tales of Overworked Americans

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Kids Put in Solitary Confinement in California's Juvie Jails

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Parole on the Farm

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The Education of Michele Bachmann

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The Dems' Plan B for Medicare

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Post-CSI: Watergate Tape Mystery Remains

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Advice for President Obama: Don't Listen to Mark Penn

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How Republicans Talk About Climate When No One's Listening

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Tea Party Protests Another Mosque

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 16, 2011

Tim Pawlenty's New Hampshire Ally: Obama is a "Jungle Alien"

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The Speedup

Was Huntsman Involved in His Family Firm's Price-Fixing Case?

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Camp Tea Party

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Audit Debunks GOP's Latest "ObamaCare" Conspiracy

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WI Supreme Court Upholds Scott Walker's Anti-Union Bill

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Why Killing Bin Laden Won't Save Obama

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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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