Politics

The Iraq Follies

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Lewis Black Is No Judge Judy

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Geraldine Ferraro: Obama Is Lucky to Be Black

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Will Spitzer Go To John School?

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Samantha Power and the Poison Pen

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Waxman Committee Urges Scrutiny of Blackwater's Employment Practices

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Eliot Spitzer: Screwed

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Meet David Paterson, the Next Governor of New York

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The NSA Is Monitoring... Everything

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Clinton Press Team Tries Again

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An Ugly Moment for the Clinton Campaign

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John McCain

Brodner's Person of the Day: John McCain

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The U.S. Military's Assassination Problem

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One Man's Guantanamo Timeline

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Voluntary Confinement

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Inside Gitmo with Detainee 061

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Blackwater Abandons Plan For California Training Facility

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Obama Takes Wyoming

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A New FISA Whistleblower

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Viktor Bout's Arrest in Bangkok Orchestrated by DEA

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Rep. Chris Cannon To Car-Scam Victim: Move On!

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Dem Candidates on Iraq: We're Pretty Much Committed to a Withdrawal

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In "Monster"-Gate, Clintonites Get Away with a Slur, While Respected Obama Aide Falls

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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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