Politics

Well, "Happy" May Be a Stretch

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Turning Tutu Away

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U.S. Military Faults Blackwater in Shooting Incident

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Senate Session Southern Style: State Senator Punches Peer

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Widestance Forever!

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Senators Write Letters & Demand Torture Docs

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The Christian Right Wing

Brodner's Person of the Day: Blackwater

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School of Shock : Rotenberg Center Director Matthew Israel Responds

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An Uncertain Fate for the Whistleblowers Who Took on State Department's Inspector General

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Long Arm of the Law May Finally Reach Blackwater

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Why I Hate the Blue Angels

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The Democratic Hack Gap

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Larry Craig to Stay Guilty

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We are all Uncle Toms Now

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Alabama Sends Dems to Jail, Republicans to the Senate

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Poll: 27% of GOP Voters Would Choose 3rd Party over Rudy

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White House Gives UK Troops a Big Middle Finger on the Way Out of Iraq

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North Korean Nuclear Deal Shows Wisdom of Diplomacy, Idiocy of John Bolton

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Another Key GOP Senator Retiring, This Time in New Mexico

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SChiper

Brodner's Person of the Day: SChip

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Out of the Closet with Right-Wing Ralphie

'School of Shock' Gets Facebook Group, College Activism

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Blackwater by Numbers: A Statistical Index

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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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