Politics

Check In on the Iowa Polling: Huckabee Up, Edwards Down

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First Lady Elected President

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Some of Obama's Best Friends Are Gay. No, Really

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Iowa's Democratic Caucus Now January 3rd

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Rudy 'Sox Rooter' Giuliani

Brodner's Person of the Day: Rudy "Sox Rooter" Giuliani

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Global Adoption Resources

While South Africa Changes, Its Rugby Federation Appears to Stay the Same

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Edmund Burke Speaks Out About Blogs and the Failure of the Democrats

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Skateboarding Dogs and Dramatic Chipmunks: I Love the '00s

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Getting Even in Alabama

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Jon Stewart Uses the Bully Pulpit for Gay Rights

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Good Works for Fun and Profit: Socially Responsible Businesspeople Invade San Francisco

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Willie Horton Redux?

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FEMA's Fake Press Conference

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People Are Crazy, Mike Huckabee-Edition

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People Are Crazy, Halloween-Edition

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John D. Rockefeller

Brodner's Person of the Day: California Fires

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That Was Quick: Times Tackles Rudy Story

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Stephen Colbert's Fictional Campaign Beating Real Republicans in South Carolina

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52-Year-Old Scientific Paper Retracted Due to Enthusiam Amongst Creationists

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New CBO Report: War Still Really Expensive

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Only Top Notch Drug Dealers Support Rudy Giuliani

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DREAM Act Fails

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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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