Politics

Pressed by Shrinking Budgets, Cities Return to Gravel Roads

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McCain Gets the Facts Wrong on Iraq - Again

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Military Report: Let's Co-Opt Blogs

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Julio Diaz

Brodner's Person of the Day: Julio Diaz

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The Real-Life Matrix

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Bush's HUD Secretary Finally Gets Some Press

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Why Hasn't Obama Received Edwards' Endorsement?

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Darrell Issa's Software Error

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Every Good Government Proposal on One Bill

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John McCain: Family Man?

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When Exactly Did the 1992 Primary End?

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Klobuchar Endorses Obama; Says She Has "Faith" Clinton Will "Do the Right Thing"

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Lou Dobbs, Racially Sensitive Verbal Magician

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Who Is Iraq's "Firebrand Cleric"?

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Jihad USA: Fox's Take on Homegrown Terror

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Where Is the Black Outcry Against China?

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Does Wartime Service Matter in Presidential Elections?

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Obama and Clinton Speak About Housing and the Economy: A Compare and Contrast

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McCain Ad: Cue the Ugly "American" Campaign

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Railroaded Former Alabama Gov. Released from Prison; To Tesify Before Congress

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GOP's New Jersey Senate Snafu

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New Hope for the DREAM Act

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Brodner's Person of the Day: 4000 Persons of the Day

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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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