Politics

Jerusalem Syndrome: An Ironic Hipster-Jew Went to Israel and all We Get Is Beautiful Writing

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Bursting Bubbles in Casino-Land

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Huckabee: "We Would Fry Squirrels in a Popcorn Popper"

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In Nevada All Bets Are Off

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Leahy Endorses Obama, Saying Clinton's Not the Best Dem To "Reintroduce" America

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Please Tase Them, Bro! What's With Heckling Bill Maher?

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Smart Idea Of The Day

Brodner's Person of the Day: Smart Idea Of The Day

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Brodner's Person of the Day: John McCain

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Slow Your Roll, Bubba: Just How Stupid Does Bill Clinton Think We Are?

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White House 'Recycled' Backups of its Email Records

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What Was Jeff Gerth Thinking?

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Defending (Gulp!) the Campaign Press

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Fully Exploring the Chris Matthews "Obsession" With Hillary Clinton

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Lott Replacement Learns Fast

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Clinton Campaign Uses Top Lobbyist for Post-Debate Spin

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Girls 2 Women? Not Yet, Not Even in Baghdad

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Destroyed Torture Tapes Inquiry: Once Again, It's All About the Cover Up, Not the Crime

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Surgetopia!

Couple Additional Debate Thoughts

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GOP in Michigan: Every Man Has His Surge

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Dems Debate in Nevada: All's Calm on Iraq and Race, But Not on Nuclear Energy

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NBC Calls it for Mitt in Michigan

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Michigan Exit Polls: It's the Economy, Stupid

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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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