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Politics

Al Qaeda: No Longer a "Direct" Threat

Stimulus Site Criticism: Legit?

—Jennifer LaFleur and Michael Grabell

The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give

—Tom Engelhardt

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: At the Karzai Inauguration . . .

—Steve Brodner

Fiore Cartoon: Terrorist Lockdown

Crashing the Chamber of Commerce

—Josh Harkinson

War Photo for November 19, 2009

Need To Read: November 19, 2009

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Heads-Up On Health Care

—Nick Baumann

US, China Climate Talks: Getting Warmer

—Kate Sheppard

Was Holder's KSM Decision Political?

—Nick Baumann

CSI-ish Watergate Test Proceeding

Palin's Persecution Complex

—James Ridgeway

Ollie North: Off Climate Deep End

—Kate Sheppard

An Inconvenient Bill

—Kate Sheppard

O.J. Simpson and KSM

—Nick Baumann

GOP's 9/11 Trial Protest Fizzles

—Nick Baumann and David Corn

The KSM Distraction

—Nick Baumann

SarahPAC Hides Pro-Choice Nod

—Stephanie Mencimer

Bad Arguments

—Nick Baumann

War Photo for November 18, 2009

Need To Read: November 18, 2009

The Tea Party Docs

—Stephanie Mencimer

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