Politics

Politics 2.0 Strikes Back

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Raped by the Law

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The Onion Gets It Right Again

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Zogby Poll Shows Americans Totally Fed Up With Congress

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The New Face of Christian Legal Education

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Dick Cheney and Barack Obama Are Related

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CNN Idiocy Watch, Day 1757: Rubber Duckies of DEATH

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Mukasey Is a Bore

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TSA Falls Short, Foreign Repair Shops Ripe for Terrorist Sabotage

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Larry Craig is a Friend of the Series of Tubes, Though He Says Otherwise

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Bush's Appointee for Head of Family Planning Hates Family Planning

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Why Obama Struggles: Right Message, Wrong Time

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George and Barbara Bush

Brodner's Person of the Day: Troy and Michelle Turner

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Onslaught Indeed, Anyone Else Tired of Dove's 'Real Beauty' Campaign?

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Should Bill Richardson Give Up?

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The New York Sun's Candidate (It's Not Rudy)

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Money, It's a Gas: Grab That Cash With Both Hands and Make a Stash

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Rudy Giuliani Has Advisers Who Would Bomb Iran Tomorrow

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Democrats' Best-Case Senate Scenario: Filibuster-Proof Majority

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Black Macho and the Myth of the Super Predator: The PTSD connection

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Ron Paul Wins Polls, Gets Repeatedly Disrespected by CNBC

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Unintended (Meaning Bad) Consequences of Promoting Democracy in Iran

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Maybe Clarence Thomas Can Help With The Appeal

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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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