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Politics

OSM Nominee Confirmed

—Kate Sheppard

The Economy's Future—and Obama's

—Nick Baumann

Low Standards

—Nick Baumann

Congressional Oversight Panel: Guarantees Carry "Enormous Risk"

—Nick Baumann

Corn To Weekly Standard: I Accept

Climate Bill: Friend or FOE?

—Kate Sheppard

War VIDEO of the Day

Need To Read: November 6, 2009

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The Next Housing Bubble?

—Nick Baumann

Tea Party Takeover

—Stephanie Mencimer

Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?

—Michael Grabell

Soldier Shootout at Fort Hood Leaves 12 Dead

—Elizabeth Gettelman

The Anti-Chamber

—Kate Sheppard

The Day John Boehner (and the GOP) Went Nuts

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Mat-Soo

—Steve Brodner

Fiore Cartoon: Ugly Democracy

In Afghanistan, the Pentagon Digs in

Boxer Overrides GOP Boycott, Advances Climate Bill

—Kate Sheppard

Senate Source: Protesters Arrested on Hill

—Nick Baumann

War Photo for November 5, 2009

Need To Read: November 5, 2009

Igor Panarin's Doomsday Tea Party

—Nick Baumann

Bloggingheads.tv: Corn and Pinkerton Spin the NY-23 Election

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