Politics

Did We Learn Anything From the BP Oil Spill?

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Is Lockheed Martin Shadowing You?

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 12, 2011

Contractor Hid in Iraq for Seven Years Over US Rape Charge

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The Stranger Targets Sarah Palin

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Should Mental Health Be a Public Safety Issue?

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Explained: Jared Loughner’s Grammar Obsession

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10 Mass Shootings With High-Capacity Gun Clips

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The Chamber Shifts Right to Back Health Care Repeal

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Corn on Hardball: Who is Jared Loughner?

Are Dems The New Party of No?

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Does Beck Think Americans Are Weak?

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Transportation Sec Endorses Miss America Candidate

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Obama's Drone Memo Dilemma

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Will Democrats Throw Down on Filibuster Reform?

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What if 31 Shots Had Been Only 10?

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FL AG Unveils Damning Foreclosure Report

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 11, 2011

Our American Baseworld

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The Pentagon's Planet of Bases

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Post-Shooting, Dems Try to Clamp Down on Political Speech

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Tucson Massacre: McCarthy Plans to Introduce Gun Legislation

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Kristol Cries "McCarthyism" Over Palin Criticism

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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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