Politics

Who Benefits From McCain's Proposal to Cut Capital Gains Taxes?

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Drawing Conclusions from Early Voting (Georgia Edition)

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Bill O'Reilly v. the First Graders

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Report from Las Vegas: Obama Inching Ahead As a "Recession-Proof" Local Economy Falls Behind

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The ACORN Controversy: A Tough Nut to Crack

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PBS's Frontline Special on Obama and "That One"

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ACORN's Wild Success Quantified

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Anchorage Daily News Calls Palin a Big "Orwellian" Liar

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Fighting Extradition, "Merchant of Death" Cites Guantanamo

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Oversight of Hedge Funds/Top Dem Donors Postponed Until After Election

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Will Gay Marriage Help McCain?

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McCain Campaign: We Meant We'd Unveil New Economic Plans Tuesday

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McCain Passes on Opportunity to Introduce New Solutions on Economy; Obama Makes Him Pay

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Freedom vs. Big Government: Palin Can't Do the Math

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McCain's John Lewis Flip-Flop

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Is a McCain Comeback Even Possible? Let's Check the History Books

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Polling Gets Even More Decisive

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McCain's New Lurch: I Will Fight, Fight, Fight, Fight, Fight

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A Jobless Rescue?

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The Empire Strikes Out

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New Mexico Dispatch: How Will Swing State Veterans Vote?

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The New GOP: Party of Blockheads

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Palin Report: The Mavericky Governor "Abused Her Power"

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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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