Politics

Don't Even Think About It

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Suffer the Children, Embrace the Moms: Female Genital Mutilation

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Hold Grudges Much? Misuse Power to Settle Them? Meet, Rudy Giuliani

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The Mortgage Crisis and our Pending Economic Collapse: Whose Fault, Who Gets Paid Twice?

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Taking a Look at Bush's Economic Stimulus

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Fred Thompson Exits, Stage Right

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Rudy Snags Nod From Jesus

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Iraq Adopts New Flag (Again)

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Mike Huckabee Cuts Costs, Unintentionally Saves Planet

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How Will Ron Paul's Libertarian Fans View His Big Anti-Abortion Endorsement?

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Tom Brady and Mitt Romney: Together for the Super Bowl?

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Brodner's Person of the Day: Ronack Obraga

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Romney Ass

Brodner's Person of the Day: Mitt Romney

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The Dems Debate in South Carolina: Ugh

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Black History Month and Negro-Bibliophilia: We Didn't Start the Fire. Y'all Did

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A Global Recession?

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What Do Nerds Dream About? Being Gang Leader for a Day

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Maybe All the Campaigners Should Learn B. Clinton's Art of Napping

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American Feminism: Alive and Kicking and Unfortunately, Need Now As Much as Ever

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Obama Hypocrisy on Homophobia

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How Far Rudy Has Fallen

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Crayons Down!

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McCain Wins South Carolina; Enter Giuliani

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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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