Politics

Spanish Judge Gives Go-Ahead on Torture Investigation

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Michael Steele, Really Bumbling Through This Specter Situation

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Swine Flu Gives Pork a Bad Name

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Is Luce's "American Century" Finally Over?

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Credit Card Companies Snatch Social Security Payments

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K Street Exploits Stimulus Lobbying Loophole

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Whose Century Was That?

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The People vs. Dick Cheney vs. Torture

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How the Far Right Handed Dems a 60-Vote Majority

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Who Shredded Our Safety Net?

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McCain's Curious Support for "Moving On"

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Double Jeopardy: The Harsh Reality for Iraqi Immigrants Trying to Live in America

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Bailout for Breakfast: GM Rolls Out New Plan

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Conservatives Live in a Different Moral Universe—And Here's Why It Matters

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"We Could Have Done This the Right Way"

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Republicans Stripped Flu Funding from Stimulus Package

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Wall Street Pay Already Returning to Normal

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Yes, We Did Execute Japanese Soldiers for Waterboarding American POWs

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Employee-Driven Government Reform: A Good Idea?

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Swine Flu: Bringing Home the Bacon

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Bling Dynasty

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The Problem With a Special Prosecutor

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The Boy Scout of Baghdad

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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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