Politics

An Indicted (GOP) Senator, a Disgraced (GOP-run) Justice Department, a Gagged (GOP-managed) EPA--Just Another Day in D.C.

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Obama, DNC Reserve $20 Million to Target Hispanic Voters

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China to Spy on Beijing Hotels During Olympics

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McCainerly Hillbillies

Iraq Contracts: Inspectors General Point to Waste and Fraud

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Israeli Defense Minister Meets with Cheney, Rice Today, Iran on the Agenda

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A Potent and Populist Economic Issue for Obama?

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Some Surprising New Findings on GIs, PTSD, and Crime

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GI Jane Hell: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

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Cartoon: We're Number One!

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Video: When Your Mother Is Deported

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No Good Veep Choices for McCain?

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When Blacks Get Their American Dream 'Burb On

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Why Talula Does the Hula No More

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Obama in Berlin: Another Great Communicator?

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Former Iraqi P.M. Says Surge Not So Great

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Joe and Valerie Wilson: Take Away the Keys to Novak's Corvette

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Cayman Island Office Building Home to 9,000 U.S. Tax Cheats

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Meet The Wonder Twins of Rikers Island

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The Stringer Bell School of Management

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Bush Won't Pardon Marion Jones Because Steroids are Not a Matter of National Security

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Has National Enquirer Taken Edwards out of Veep-Play?

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Iraq Contract Fraud: Senators Call For Arrests, Recovery of Funds

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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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