Politics

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Cheney Justice?

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Al-Qaeda's Number 2 Answers Journalists

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Huckabee: The Search for a Sobriquet

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Coming Soon to Texas: A Master's Degree in Creation Science

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Looking to Congress to Stop the FCC's Big Media Giveaway

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Mitt Romney's Father Never Marched with Martin Luther King Jr.

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Edwards and Obama Draw Contrasts on Health Care Reform

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Clinton Campaign Disguises Negative Flier As Product of Edwards Campaign

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Would the New OPEN Government Act Really Open Anything?

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Thanks to Bush, America is Both Rubber and Glue

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Playing Politics with Health Care

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The Chill Pill: Would a Dem White House Take on Big Pharma?

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Rotenberg Center Blasted By Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Media After A Prankster Gets Employees to "Accidentally" Shock Kids 100 Times

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"Don't Tase Me, Bro!" Named Most Memorable Quote Of 2007

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Fred Thompson: (Hilariously) Lazy as Charged

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U.S.'s Dirty Work Behind Pakistani Political Crisis?

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Congress Looks to Tighten Military Contractor Accountability

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House Dems Propose New Ethics Office, But Reform Groups Say "Not Good Enough"

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The Music We Play for Terrorists (and Dictators)

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Forget the 2008 Horse Race, What about Policy?

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Electability: The Lamest Argument in the Rhetorical Aresenal

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Edwards and His Audience

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The Edwards Love-Child Non-Story... So Far

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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

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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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