Politics

Randy Scheunemann Needs to Go Anyway

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Buh Bye Randy Scheunemann

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Hagel: I Can Haz Vice Presidency?

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James Baker: Negotiation Is Not Appeasement

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Carving Black Defiance in Stone

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Murat Kurnaz Details His Plight Before House Subcommittee

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Obama in Iowa: On His Way, But Not Without Hurdles

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Clinton Speaks in Kentucky

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Kentucky, Oregon: Measuring Sticks for Obama?

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Interesting New Science on the Bradley Effect

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Iran's Proposal for "Constructive Negotiations"

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More McCain Staffers to Fall Due to Lobbying Connections?

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Ted Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

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Students Think Environment/Global Warming Is the Most Important Issue

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Kansas Governor Vetoes Voter ID Law

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GOP to Minority Candidates: Thanks, We're Not Interested

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"San Francisco Values" Makes Another Appearance

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Operation Get a Grip

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Lobbying Problems Force McCain to Put Straight Talk on Hold

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Bankrupt Political Philosophy

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Brankrupt Political Philosophy

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Book Excerpt: The Family

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Clinton Camp Flaming Her Supporter's Sense that Obama's Win Is Unfair?

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Declaring Victory? Bad Idea, 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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