Politics

Fred Thompson Shuts Down His PAC--And There Goes His Son's Income

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DA Refuses to Prosecute Rape Case, Despite Eye Witnesses, DNA

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Another Reason to Expect Dem Victory in '08: Low GOP Turnout

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Romney Takes Lead in GOP Field and the Knives Come Out

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OSC Nails a Low-Level Bushie -- Does That Prove Rove Guilty, Too?

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The Publisher of Mother Jones Speaks to the Independent Press Awards About the Power of Small Magazines

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Bush's Chief Domestic Policy Adviser: "I Am Never Going To Hire Another Woman Because They Just Get Pregnant and Leave."

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Finally, New York City Greens Its Taxicabs

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Good Heavens, There's Going to be a Second Surge

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The Strange Case of Bill Richardson's Birth

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Armed Man Wounded Trying to Defend Idaho Town from Shooter

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Major Changes to Supreme Court Under Next Presidential Administration

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Guest Worker Proviso in Immigration Bill May be First to Die

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Two Governors Threaten to Draw Their Guns and Settle Tailpipe Dispute with the EPA "Once and for All"

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The Senate Immigration Plan Is a Turkey: An Unbiased Primer

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Gingrich Continues To Ride the Christian Right Bandwagon

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Sources for "Even Better Than the Real Thing"

Even Better Than The Real Thing: Life in the Digital World

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Nader Redux: Should Dems Fear Mike Gravel?

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Gonzo Goes: Not "If" But "When" (and How)

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House Probes ExxonMobil's Ongoing Funding of Global Warming Denial

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John McCain Hasn't Voted in Five Weeks. Seriously

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Gonzales Can't Make Up His Mind on How Much to Blame His Deputy

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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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