Politics

How Much Does U.S. Spend on Spying? Almost $60 Billion

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Mccain's Newest Ad: Reprising a (Debunked) Lie

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What's Missing from GOP.com?

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Literally, Get Off of My Lawn

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Finger-Pointing on the Right

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Guises of Financial Horror

More on U.S. Syria Raid

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Ted Stevens Will Have One Fewer Vote Next Tuesday

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Wright Happens

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Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.): Palin's Not Ready

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Mr. October

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Mr. October

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Obama's Play for Indian Country

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Did We Just Invade Syria?

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'Yes on 8' Blackmail Won't Stop Corporate Opposition

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Obama: It's Colorado, Stupid

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Schadenfreude Watch: 10.24.08

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DoNotMail.gov

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The Bright Future of Solar Antennae

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Alan Shrugged

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Oakland Ground Zero for Prop 8 Hate Speech

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McCain on a Veep Candidate: Looks Count

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An Early Voting Story That Pulls on the Heart Strings

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The Upside of the Mortgage Crisis

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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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