Politics

Jenna Bush Is Not a Rock Star

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More (Weak) Inconsistency Claims Thrown Obama's Way

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Hillary Wins Big Endorsement: Her Mother

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Political Focus on Immigration Raising Hate Crimes, Discrimination Against Hispanics

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Cheney's Holiday Party: The CIA Chief's View

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Al Sharpton Under Investigation. Again

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The Spook Stays in the Picture

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Ryan White's Mother Still Trying To Meet With Mike Huckabee

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Clinton Supporter Raises Idea of Young Obama Dealing Drugs

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Mike Huckabee: "Don't Look All That Closely"

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At GOP Debate, No Faith-Based Smackdown--and No Winner or Loser

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How Bad Do You Want It? 82nd Airborne Takes New Approach to Fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan

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Health Care Scare Tactics: More on How Immigration is Overblown

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Immigration's Disproportionate Significance: Thanks, Iowa

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Will Today's Final Pre-Iowa GOP Debate Become a Theological Smackdown?

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Dems Lose in Ohio and Virginia Special Congressional Elections

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One Small Step for Gay Science, One Giant Step Back for Gay Rights?

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Two Inconsistencies from Obama's Past

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Nurses on Cheney: "He'd Probably Be Dead by Now"

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The Candidates Go Negative - All of Them

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The Republican Path to the Nomination, In Helpful Video Format

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Christians Good! Christmas Good!

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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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