Politics

What To Make of the J Street Endorsements?

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Obama's New Chief of Staff: A Fan of the Bush Tax Cuts?

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Big Sky Seeks Big Mileage

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House Oversight Committee Subpoenas Attorney General for Bush, Cheney FBI Transcripts on Plame

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Wild and Unfounded Clinton-as-VP Speculation

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Obama's "Intellectual Habits"

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Obama Channels Chris Rock

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The McCain Brand, Diluted

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Tim Russert

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Tim Russert

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Q&A: Gitmo Lawyer Shayana Kadidal on SCOTUS Ruling

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Tim Russert, Dead at 58: Remembering One Q&A with Cheney

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Is Exxon Out of Gas?

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Report: Rove Talks "Fairly Regularly" With McCain Camp; Getting Six Figures From Freedom's Watch

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A Right-to-Lifer and the GOP's Nursing Home Dilemma

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Obama vs. McCain on Taxes: A Simple Video Explanation

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Why Is Carly Fiorina - a Symbol of Corporate Excesses - McCain's Favorite CEO?

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Exhibit Sources: Forever Young

A Blog To Watch: Young People Pushback

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Video: Live From Main Street Minneapolis

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GOP Claims China Drilling Off Cuban Shores; Actually, That's False

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Post-Jim Johnson, Does Obama Need a "Change Ombudsman"?

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Obama/McCain Voting Blocks Already Established?

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McCain != Bush Becomes Harder With Discovery of New Quotes

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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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