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Hard Time Out

—David Goodman

Timeline: A Crackdown Chronology

8 Tips for an Easier Prison Stay

—Peter Laufer

Slammed: Welcome to the Age of Incarceration

—Jennifer Gonnerman

Which Works Better Behind Bars, Scuba or Buddha?

Where Does $49,000 for Each Inmate Go?

Probation Profiteers

What Do Prisoners Make for Victoria's Secret?

—Caroline Winter

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What Is Nutraloaf, Anyway?

—Justin Elliott

How to Get a Conjugal Visit

—Michael Mechanic and Laura McClure

Primary Sources: It's Hard to Do PR for Warrantless Surveillance

—Nichole Wong

Misleading Headline of the Week: This. Is. Obama!

—Jonathan Stein

Now on the San Francisco Ballot: The George W. Bush Sewage Plant

—Josh Harkinson

AFRICOM: State Dept., USAID Concerned About "Militarization" of Foreign Aid

—Bruce Falconer

Messiah Watch: Obama as Neo

—Jonathan Stein

Obama Loses One Fundraising Advantage

—Jonathan Stein

Part of a Peace Group? Might Want to Take a Look Around...

—Jonathan Stein

Air Force Design Divas Request First Class 'Comfort Capsules'

—Daniel Schulman

Next Week: The Overseas Obama Extravaganza

—Jonathan Stein

An All-American Advertisement

—Jonathan Stein

Gramm and McCain Still Close Pals? That's Good News for Dems

Polling the Ohio Pols

—Steve Aquino

Diddling While America Burns

—Debra J. Dickerson

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