Politics

Another Nail in the Coffin for the Gitmo Tribunals

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Slapping

Brodner's Person of the Day: The Bush Gang

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Bad Moon Rising

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Coffee or Microchips? Costa Rica Faces Tough Decision

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Marijuana Laws Cost Taxpayers Billions

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It's a Curse but is it Really That Bad?

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Trading Unqualified Support for Qualified Skepticism

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Swiss Elections Unmask Bigotry

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Bill Kristol Says We Should Bomb Burma. Seriously

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Jenna Bush: Her Mother's Daughter?

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2.2 Million People in Prison: Who's Going To Do Something About It?

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Give the Nuclear Power Industry Credit for Creativity

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The Best Bad Option for Iraq?

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National Reconciliation is Impossible, Say Iraqi Leaders

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Fred Thompson Gets Skewered, SNL-Style

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Backing Away From Bush

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Indian American Politics Look A Lot Like Pro-Israeli Politics

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House Dem Bill Would Deny Telcos Retroactive Immunity for Domestic Snooping

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Of Pork Chops and Politics

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GOP Tries to Steal Election; Democrats Do Something

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Why Online Education Will Never Replace the Classroom Experience

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Outrages, Outrages Everywhere But Not a Word Gets Written

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Note to Mel: People Love Bill

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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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