Politics

Fox News: Stephen Douglas and Frederick Douglass, What's the Difference?

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Citing Fort Bragg Conditions, U.S. Army Broadens Barracks Inquiry

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It's a Boondoggle: the Gas Tax Holiday

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Carbon Offsets For Tummy Tucks?

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Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Brodner's Person of the Day: Reverend Jeremiah Wright

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Consumer Retorts
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The Handcuffs of 1968

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Ex-Gitmo Prosecutor Lays Politicization Bare

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Obama: Wright is "Wrong" and His Statements Contradict "My Public Life"

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Clinton Stuns With $2.3B in 2009 Earmark Requests

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Another Prominent Republican Screwing With the Democrats

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Freedom's Watch Attacks Nancy Pelosi -- for High Gas Prices?

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McCain's 100 Years Comment: Not a One-Time Gaffe

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McCain Was Against 100-Year Occupation Before He Was For It

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White House Emails and The Case of the Missing BlackBerrys

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Torture Subpoenas?

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Rev. Wright: A Neverending Cross for Obama To Bear

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New FEC Charge Against McCain, Will Also Go Univestigated by Broken FEC

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"What Are We Going to Change To?"

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Rove to Obama: Attack! Don't Attack!

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Time for Cindy McCain to Release Her Tax Returns

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Clapping Along With Bush at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

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Trying the Impossible: Building Public Support for Fixing the FEC

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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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