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The costly making of Bay Area Icon

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Need To Read: December 10, 2009

McCain Tsked Tsked for Robocalls

—Ben Buchwalter

Agrigulture: Obama's latest strategy in war

—Rachael DeWitt

Chris Dodd's Charity Backtrack

—Ben Buchwalter

War Photo for December 9, 2009

Need To Read: December 9, 2009

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The Religious Right's Potty Paranoia

—Stephanie Mencimer

Elouise Cobell's Bittersweet Victory

—Julia Whitty

Living by the Gate From Hell

—Ellen Cantarow

Two Big Endorsements For Sestak

Obama's Jobs Speech

The Problem With Derivatives

—Nick Baumann

The Public Option That Isn't Public At All

—James Ridgeway

State Fires Butt-Shot Contractor

—Daniel Schulman

In Iraq, Gear Gets Left Behind

Worst $75 Billion Investment Ever?

A TARP Counterfactual

—Nick Baumann

Obama's Open Government Move

—Nick Baumann

No Citizens United Decision Today

—Nick Baumann

Palin's Latest Ethics Flap

War Photo for December 8, 2009

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