Politics

Obama Ranks at Head of Dem Field for First Time: Poll

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Terrorism Up Worldwide, Call it the Iraq Effect

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Time's Up on the Surge

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Mexico's Most Wanted Journalist: Lydia Cacho Made Some Powerful Enemies by Exposing Cancun's Sex Tourism Industry

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Trial of Commander Charged with "Aiding the Enemy" Begins

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God Is Not a Specialty in Indiana

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Fun with Friedman Units

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No Accountability at Home, No Accountability in Iraq

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Conspiracy Watch: The Amero

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Geek Squad vs. Death Squad

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Dictators On Parade

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Bush AIDS Abstinence Appointee Quits State Dept. in Hooker Scandal

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Fuel Tanker Melts Bay Bridge Freeway Artery

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Bush Sr. To Celebrate Rev. Sun Myung Moon—Again

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Department of Veterans Affairs Backs Down, Allows Pentacles On Headstones

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Provo, Utah Business Community Forms Blacklist Of Protesting Students

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Bush's FBI/DOJ Neglect Hate Crimes and Other Civil Rights Cases

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The Real Headline from the Dems' Debate: "Nothing Happened"

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Guess How Many People are Running for President? (Now Add One More)

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Rare Lung Disease Found In Food-Flavoring Plant Employees

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Gov't Watchdogs Call the OSC's Rove Investigation Dead in the Water

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Ecuador Asks Us to Pay for the Amazon

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Military B.S. Alert

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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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