Politics

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Brodner's Person of the Day: George Bush's Polyps

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Is the Onion Smarter Than the Entire Foreign Policy Establishment?

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Dick Morris, Breaking Big Stories. Fred Thompson, Playing the Dirty Money Game

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Understatement of the Day

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Brodner's Person of the Day: George Carlin

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Hatch Act Violations Extend to Diplomatic Corps

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CNN/YouTube Debate Live Blog! Part 4

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CNN/YouTube Debate Live Blog! Part 3

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CNN/YouTube Debate Live Blog! Part 2

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CNN/YouTube Debate Live Blog!

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Do-It-Yourself Mad Scientistry: Environmental Edition

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More Wanton White House Secrecy

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News You've Been Waiting For, Mother Jones Takes on Washington

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Trash Continues To Pile Up, Threaten Public Health

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Sometimes Life is Difficult, Even for the Secretary of State

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Bush Administration Official Part of Reality-Based Community

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More on Bush's Anti-Torture Order: Not So Impressive

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Brodner's Person of the Day: Rudy Giuliani

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Bribery Charges for KBR

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Subpoena Showdown

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Intel Committee Chair: What Does the Executive Order Mean?

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BREAKING: Bush Administration to No Longer Break Domestic and International Law

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Chief Justice Gets Reinstated, Victory for Democratic Forces in Pakistan

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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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