Politics

The Brilliant, Doomed Down Syndrome Adoption Registry

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Gerbil Fermishbaugh

Brodner's Person of the Day: Gerbil Fermishbaugh

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Our Long, National Geraldine Ferraro Nightmare Is Over

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Spitzer Resigns

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Obama Campaign: It's Not All About Pennsylvania!

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Hey, Did You Hear Barack Obama Is Black?

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Second Muslim Ever Elected to Congress - For 56 Days

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A Million Man March Against STDs?

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Brodner's Person of the Day: Weeble

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McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam

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Obama Wins Mississippi, and It's All About Race

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Surrogate Problems Continued: How to Make a Bad Situation Worse

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Dean Baker On Fed Bank Bailout

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Senate Phase II Report To Be Whitewash?

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Anti-Iran War Centcom Commander Resigns

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Is it 3 a.m. at Klan Headquarters?

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Senator Alan Stuart Franken?

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Now It's an Obama Surrogate's Turn to Mouth Off

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Congressional Ethics Office Vote Today

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Obama and Rezko: Any There There?

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The Presidential Assasination Attempt That Didn't Bark

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Presidential Campaign Leads to Progress on Earmarks

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Eliot Spitzer

Brodner's Person of the Day: Eliot Spitzer

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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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