Politics

The Right's Final Attack: Obama is a Black Muslim, Anti-Christian Socialist Plotting with an Evil Jewish Billionaire

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List of Republicans Calling BS on ACORN Voter Fraud Allegations Growing

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Fox News Is Critical of McCain? "Elites!"

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Would Republicans Accuse Joe the Plumber of Voter Fraud?

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Exhibit Sources: Germ Warfare
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Why Used Car Dealers Love John McCain

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Flaming the Geezer Vote: Attacks on John McCain's Age May Backfire

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Who Cares If Joe the Plumber Isn't a Plumber?

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Secret Service Keeping Press From Palin and Event Attendees

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Do Debates Determine Election Winners? Only On Likeability

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"Comrade Bush"

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Palin Talks Afghanistan

The Final Debate: McCain Attacks, But He's No Longer in Control

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Forget Joe. Long Live Josephine the Plumber

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See and Hear Joe the Plumber

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Debate III: The Live Blog

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Law and Order on the Trail

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Free the Debates!

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Obama Is a Terrorist and I'll Vote For Him

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Obama Advertising in Variety of Video Games

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Can McCain Get Back in the Race?

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Another Reason Why Ayers Won't Work

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Pre-Debate Analysis: McCain's Ayers Quandary

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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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