Politics

Reporting the Redactions

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Donald Rumsfeld, Responsible for Yet Another Blunder

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Brodner's Person of the Day: Homer Avila

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Spineocrat: A Dietary Supplement for Congressional Democrats

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Family Research Council Straw Poll Results: Romney and Huckabee Tie for First Place

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Huckabee Fever: Catch It!

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Latino Head of RNC Resigns in Frustration

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Rudy Giuliani's Appearance Before the Value Voters: A Mixed Bag

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Bear Stearns Traders Deserve Rogue Tag

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That's Why It's Called the Nobel, Not the Noble

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Romney Makes His Pitch for the Values Voters: Family! Family! Family!

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Speeches of the Living Dead: Santorum, Blackwell, and Gingrich

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Rudy Falls Off Ronald Reagan's Stool

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Only Three Shopping Days Left 'Til the War on Xmas

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Duncan Hunter is a Scary Man

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Tort Reform Brings More Doctors to Texas, But Only for Rich People

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Thompson Speaks With Substance. What?

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More On How The Weak Dollar Jacks Up the Price of Oil

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Does Barbie Eat Fries?

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Tom Tancredo and the Plight of the Second Tier

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Live, From the Most Religious Place in America, It's FRC!

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Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez

Brodner's Person of the Day: Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez

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Senator Chris Dodd Takes Stand on FISA, Takes On TeleComs

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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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