Politics

CIA Insider: Panetta's A Good Pick for CIA Chief

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Transparency and Bipartisanship On the March. Really!

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Why Obama Should Channel the Gipper

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Inside AEI's Bunker

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Hail to the Geek

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Conspiracy Watch: The Wisest Guys in the Room

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You Might Be a Liberal If...

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You Are the Best Readers Ever

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New Congress Begins With Progress on Earmarks

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Gaza War Bush's Parting Gift to Middle East

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Even Heather Mac Donald Is Right Twice a Year

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The GOP 's Grand Problems

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Happy New Year, Obama Baby!

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The Federal Gov't Decides to Let Old Folks Keep Their Own Money - What's Left of It

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Oversight Committee: 13,847 Recommendations That Bush Ignored

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Obama Picks Anti-Torture Advocate for CIA Chief

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9/11 Mastermind Goes on Trial in France

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Obama Nominates Dawn Johnsen, the Anti-Yoo, as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel

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Gaza Crisis: Israelis Echoing Bush on Regime Change?

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How to Rebuild the SEC

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Obama Transition Releases Donors

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"Senator Franken": Getting Closer

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Return a Hyundai: Further (Crazy?) Innovations from Desperate Carmakers

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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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