Politics

Mental Health Care Funding May Finally Get its Due, Probably Not

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Cho's Dark Manifesto Points to Lessons Not Learned

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Why Don't We Talk about Gun Control Anymore?

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Another Drop in the Bucket, Baghdad Government Pledges $25 Million in Aid for Refugees

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Would You Have Voted For McCain the Independent?

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Partial Birth Abortion Ban's Both Arbitrary and Dangerous

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Supreme Court Guts Roe: Abortion Rights Groups Weigh In

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Lighten Up Your Day with Impeachment Humor

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What Was Cho Seung-Hui On?

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Cho Seung Hui

Person of the Day: Anonymous Gun Merchant

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Net Neutrality: The Dead Trees Version

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What If He Was North Korean?

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Sen. Reid Finally Pulls Up His Civil Liberties Score

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NRA's New President: A Rough First Day on the Job

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Poll: Obama Has Most Supporters of Anyone in Either Party

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Guns Out-Of-Control at the White House

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More on Wolfowitz at the World Bank

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What? McCain Hints His Iraq Plan is Roughly Same as Dems'

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McCain Wants to Make Pro-Life Position Very, Very Clear

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Virginia Tech Students Speak Out

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National Shooting Sports Foundation Website Notes: "College Shotgun Event Hits the Mainstream"

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NRA's Response to Virginia Tech Shootings: Stand Your Ground

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Wealthy California Liberals, Now More Powerful Than Ever

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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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