Politics

School of Shock

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Questions for GOP YouTube Debate Not Friendly

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Body Blow to John Edwards: Unions Might Not Issue Endorsement

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Timothy McVeigh's Lawyer on His Complicated Defense

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Is John Edwards' Leftward Turn About Populism or Posturing?

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The Power of Wind Energy

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Finally Some Progress on Darfur

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Dep't of See to Believe: Professionally Enraged Man in Every Press Photo Ever

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Lock Him Up Already: Second Ted Stevens Investigation Underway

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New Job for Justice's No. 2.

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Iraq: Yes, It's As Bad As You Think

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Caricature

Brodner's Person of the Day: Barack Obama

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In Search of John Doe No. 2: Who Killed Kenney? And Other Questions From The Oklahoma City Bombing

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Classically-Trained Hipsters Release New Album

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Breaking: Sen. Ted Stevens' House Raided by FBI, IRS

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Iraqi Soccer Captain: "I Want America to Go Out"

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Victory in Iraq!

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U.S. Special Forces Hunting Turkish PKK Leaders

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Cheney Big Brother?

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Power to the People: The Plan to Create a Fourth Branch of Government

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Henry Rollins: Down With the Troops

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The Return of the "Banana Wars"

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Say it Ain't So: Republicans Dodging the YouTube Debate?

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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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