Politics

ProPublica: Bush's Presidency, Harper's Index-style

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The Best Part of Obama's Multicultural Cabinet: The Effortlessness Of It

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Would You Pay $10,000 for Sarah Palin's Emails?

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Palin Delusion at the Weekly Standard

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Polls Suggest Obama Insulated From Blago Situation

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Will the Obama Administration Defend Karl Rove?

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Chicago/Illinois Corruption Numbers, Cont'd.

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So Where Does the Blago Situation Go From Here?

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Matt Cooper Sends Blago Some Advice About Patrick Fitzgerald

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DC: The 51st State?

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The GOP's Fannie/Freddie Fixation

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Deluder in Chief

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Possible Byproduct of a Down Economy: Less Gun Violence

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Freedom's Watch Not Immune to Financial Crisis

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Patrick Fitzgerald Is Back: Maybe This Time GOPers Will Not Attack

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In a Wonderful Synthesis of Today's Blog Posts...

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So. Who Will Appoint the Next Illinois Senator?

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...And Also the Most Deluded

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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Is the Ballsiest Governor in America

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Capitalize on Obamania: Obama-Biden Domains Available on eBay

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A $15 Billion Jumpstart for the Big Three?

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Obama Makes Early Demands of Special Interests Public

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Blackwater Contractors Indicted For Manslaughter, "Surrender" in Utah

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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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