Politics

I Thought Bob Novak Had Gone Away?

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Oregon Comes Through: Dems Win Another Senate Seat

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What's the Number One Thing Needed to Win an Election?

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McCain's Foreign Policy Advisor Fired Last Week?

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Palin in 2012? Maybe Not So Much

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Is Rahm Emanuel--Reportedly Obama's New Chief of Staff--an Agent of Change?

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Reflections on California's Proposition 8

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Landslide? The Popular Vote Total, in Historical Context

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Anti-Gay Measures Victorious Nationwide

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Reactions from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

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Reactions from Kenya

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Primary Sources: Obama's Acceptance Speech, Full Text

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The Dems' Moderately Disappointing Congressional Results

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Prop 8 Still Not Official, Franken Race Headed for a Recount

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Already Missing Sarah Palin?

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Lame Duck?

California's Abortion Measure Failing

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Obama Wins and Redefines Real America

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Ban on Gay Marriage, Abortion Parental Notification Both Winning in California

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The Old, Likeable McCain Delivers Concession Speech

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Barack Obama Will Be Our Next President

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Minnesota Senate Race Too Close to Call

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Shays (R-Conn) Cites Democratic "Tsunami" in Defeat

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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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