Politics

The U.N. Deception: What Exactly Colin Powell Knew Five Years Ago, and What He Told the World

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Leno Reminds Brokaw That He Dissed Reagan in a 1983 issue of Mother Jones

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The Neocon Redemption: AEI's Bid to Save Afghanistan

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Which Dem Is Better Able to Beat John McCain?

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How Will the Media Measure Victory Tomorrow?

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President Bush's Budget - Money for Defense and Not Much Else

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Remembering Clinton and Obama on Israeli Bombing of Syria

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George Bush, Tree Hugger

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Election '08: Ch-ch-ch-changes

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A Primer on the All-Important Role of Delegates

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Check out "Yes We Can," Pro-Obama Video

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These Guys for Colbert's New Black Friends: Negroes for Huckabee

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Clintons Take Note: This is How Its Done

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Blacks Can't Accept Clinton's Apology if He Denies He's Apologizing

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Circular Firing Squad Warning: Obama the Wonder Boy Had Better Get Out Ahead of the Impending Black vs. Hispanic Implosion

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Huckabee in San Francisco

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Bhutan's King Charming Is an Oxford Man

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Arizona Republic Forgets About McCain's "Volcanic Temper"

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Evaluating the Senate Stimulus Plan

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Dying for a Lawyer: Life on Alabama's Death Row

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Cindy for Speaker?

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Ann Coulter Is Insane Over McCain, Supporting Hillary

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Who Is the Real Most Liberal Senator?

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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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