Politics

Media Donates Politically in Small Numbers -- But Mostly to Democrats

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Redoing the Primary System: Rotating Regionals?

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Dick Cheney: Check and Balance This!

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Finally, Some Answers on NSA Domestic Spying?

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Look Who's Back

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Police Academy 8: Iraqi Edition

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Democrats' Plans for Universal Health Care Helps Red States Most

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Who Needs It? Only Tiny Percentage of Baghdad Embassy Employees Speak Arabic

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The Best Minds in Energy Policy Came Up With... This?

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Mike Bloomberg -- Can an Invisible Man be President?

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They Made it in New York, But Not at Home

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The Right Has its Own Marion Barry

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New White House Report Pokes Anti-Immigration Foes with Sharp Stick

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Bush Administration Under Investigation for Signing Statement Abuses

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In Digg Nation: An Interview with Kevin Rose

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Meet the New Bosses: Bloggers are Looking More Like the Next Gatekeepers

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Fight Different: Politics 2.0
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Crashing The System: Are We Entering a New Era of Digital Democracy?
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The Attack Ad's Second Life: Viral Videos on the Net Aren't Supplanting the 30 Second TV Attack Ad&#151;<em>yet</em>.

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A Vast YouTube Conspiracy

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Bush Vows to Veto Stem Cell Bill

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Good Job, You're Fired

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With Friends Like Bush...

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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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