Politics

Alaska Judge Cracks Down on Palin's Emails

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George W. Bush: Helping Candidates Lose Election in Other Countries, Too

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Connecticut Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage

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Old McCain Aides Regret New McCain

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Fear-Mongering and Fox

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McCain's Foreign Policy Advisor and Ahmad Chalabi: How Close?

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Tough Times for Conservative Philanthropist

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Things We Did Last Summer

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Things We Did Last Summer

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A Mortgage in Stockton Flaps Its Wings and Global Finance Collapses

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Jim Crow's Muslim America

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Top McCain Aide Lobbied for Pro-Russian Foreign Politicians

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Palin's Secessionists Problem

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The National Debt Clock Ran Out of Digits

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The Long Saga of John McCain and the NRA

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Rednecks for Obama

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Gay Marriage Ban Succeeding in California

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...And Some Growing Increasingly Sane

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On Right-Wingers Going Crazy...

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Doonesbury, Cont'd.

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Calendars Show Gov. Palin's Foreign Policy Experience: About 20 Meetings for About 12 Hours

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Going Negative
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Q: What Do Sarah Palin, Ahmad Chalabi, and the NRA Have in Common?

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McCain Recommends Voters Review His Record Via Nonprofits Linked to His Campaign

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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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