Politics

A Report From the Economy

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Is The "Cell Phone Effect" Lowballing Obama's Numbers?

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Gun Manufacturer's President Asked to Resign Over Support for Obama

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Obama Brings the Hood to Montana

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Red, NY and Blue

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Red, NY and Blue

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Drew Western

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Drew Western

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Howard Phillips' World

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The Great Persuader

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The Republican Excuse-O-Meter

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Getting Ready for President McBama

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Are You a Reservist With Job Trouble? The Asst Secretary of Defense Awaits Your Call

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Snakes on Obama's Plane?

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Quote of the Day, Barack Obama Edition

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UBS's Offshore Shell Game

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Bush the Deregulator: A Final Push

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Your Friday Laugh at Palin's/Wall Street's Expense

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Will a Record Black Turnout Doom Proposition 8?

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A Black Voter Email Meme

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The Super-Close Senate Race You've Never Heard Of

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How to Protect Your Vote

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Is it Delusion or Spin When McCain Camp Insists Palin Is No Drag?

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Ten Most Awesome Presidential Mudslinging Moves Ever

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Putting the Democrats' Impending Congressional Victory in Historical Context

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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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