Politics

McCain Re-Embraces "the Maverick"

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Journalist Martin Bashir Calls Female Writers 'Asian Babes'

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GAO: Iraq Amassing Oil Profits, But Not Paying For Reconstruction

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In Election's Racial Divide, Battered Clintons Side with McCain

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Hey, Oregon GOP: Just Fold Already

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Potential VP Evan Bayh: Better Than Expected, But Not Good Enough

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Pelosi Urges Dems To Hedge on Off-Shore Drilling

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And Volvos Sound Like Oppressive Islamic Extremism

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More on Obama and the Blown Town Hall Opportunity

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Dep't. of Unsexy: Support Disclosure Parity

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White House, CIA Forged Pre-Invasion Iraq Intel?

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Why So Silent, NRA?

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Cold Case of the Day

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Cold Case of the Day

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Smarter Than You

Exhibit: Forever Young

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Hess Corp., Where Low-Level Oil Workers Donate Thousands to McCain

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In Congress, A Role Reversal On Energy

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Obama Moves to the Center on Energy: Blergh

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Anthrax Suspect Bruce Ivins: Another Hatfill?

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Frightening Invasions of Privacy Allowed at the Border

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USS Cole Suspect Killed in Missile Strike; Bin Laden Deputy Injured?

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Obama Learns: What's Bad for the Brand Is Good for the Pocketbook

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The Town Hall Idea Dies: An Opportunity Wasted for Obama?

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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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