Politics

A Matter of Degree

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Need to Read, August 20, 2009

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Families of Hikers Detained in Iran Speak Out

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Will U.S. Back Bogus Afghan Elections?

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No Accounting for Waste

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Town Hall Chaos: Astroturf 2.0?

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Today in Police Weaponry

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USNWR's Peer Survey Problems

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Moving Past Public Options and Health Care Co-ops

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Novak, Corn, and Plamegate

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Dr. Dean's Health Care Prescription

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Cost of Medical Fraud Could Pay for Health Care Reform

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 19, 2009

Need To Read, August 19, 2009

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Bonner's Latest Astroturf Admission (Plus More Fake Letters)

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New Orleans, Four Years Later

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Public Schools: Bush Era Revisited?

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Robert Novak's Heaven

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Special Ops Can Gather Crucial Intel—But Lack Tools to Use It

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 18, 2009

Need To Read, August 18, 2009

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Brazil to Obama: Watch It

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The Political Calculus of Health Care Reform

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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

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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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