Politics

ACLU Calls for Independent Counsel After Torture Admissions; Will Anyone Pay Attention?

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Why the "Bitter" Controversy Is So Stupid

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Posted Without Comment, as They Say

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McCain Keeps Riding the No-Talk Express on Rod Parsley

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Richardson Explains How Obama and Clinton Woo

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Happy Tax Day to The Richest One Percent!

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IRS Scrutiny of Major Corporations at 20-Year Low

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An Explosion in Shiraz

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On the "Bitter" Controversy, Obama Has Surprising Critics

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Part of the Problem: Sen. Max Baucus

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Ex-Bushie Still Pounding the Pavement

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On Joss Whedon, Male Feminist

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Updated: Obama's Hebrew Blog

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John McCain's Age: An Issue?

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I'm Not Crazy, Sexism Is

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Medical Nonprofit Designed for 3rd World Helps Here at Home

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Petraeus for Prez? Not Likely

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Exclusive: Read the Internal Documents Exposing the Former Secret Service Agents Who Went Through Greenpeace's Trash

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Hollywood Chinese: An Interview with Arthur Dong

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Watch Bitter Enemies Make Nice on Bloggingheads.tv

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Iran: Sabers and Sobriety

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What Does Mike Huckabee Have Up His Sleeve?

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McCain Gets the Boot From Project Vote Smart

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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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