Politics

One of the Worst-Timed Op-Eds Ever, By One of John McCain's Economic Advisers

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McCain on Today's Economic Events: "The Fundamentals of Our Economy Are Strong"

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BofA Buys Merrill; Lehman Files for Bankruptcy; AIG, WaMu Teeter

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"Another Walter Reed-Type Scandal"

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Campaign Realpolitik

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Pre-Palin, McCain Slammed Paltry Foreign Policy Cred of Mayors and Governors

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By This Logic, Any East Coast Mayor Could Be John McCain's VP

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Obama Goes on Offense: McCain Is "Out of Touch"

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New McCain Ad: Racist or No?

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Sarah Palin's Wasilla Emails: Did She Violate State Law?

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Exclusive: More on the Interior Department's Sex and Oil Scandal

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Mathematical Model Predicts Obama Win by Ten Points

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Sex, Drugs, and Offshore Drilling

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Sarah Palin on Russia

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Norm Coleman's $1 Million Mistake?

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Palin's Supporters and Zombie Feminism

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A Minor Obama Advantage: Three Places At Once

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Another Sarah Palin Email Controversy?

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McCain Wants To Spend 1/3rd of a Trillion Dollars on Nuclear Plants

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This News Cycle Brought To You By John McCain

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: This News Cycle Brought To You By John McCain

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The De-Elitification of the USA

20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress, Freshly Revealed

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It's Not Just Palin Who Is Hiding From the Press

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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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