Politics

If Bush Could Give the Man who Murdered a Senator's Mom a Recess Appointment, He'd Do It

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Bush's Shell Game Continues

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Mary Cheney: It's a Boy!

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John Walker Lindh Asks for Shorter Sentence in Light of Hicks Plea Deal

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Giuliani Flip-Flop-Flips on Flat Tax

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Giuliani Flip-Flop-Flips on Public Funding for Abortions

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Will the Recent Supreme Court Decision Put an End to Climate Change? Flamey McGassy Says No

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Interview: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

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McCain's Bazaar Photo Op Saga Ends in Bloodshed

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Gingrich: Pie, Meet Boca

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Life After Cars

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Debunking Sandra Tsing Loh's review of I'd Rather Eat Chocolate: Learning to Love My Low Libido

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Prosecutor Purge: House GOPers Call Out DOJ, Mock Bush's Immigration Record

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Obama Matches Hillary Clinton's Fundraising Record

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McCain Continues His Hiring Practices

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Iran to Release Hostages; Victory for Diplomacy

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Edwards Goes on the Attack. Target: Obama

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Clinton Slips in New Hampshire Poll, Edwards Rises

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Move On To A Safe Place

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Boo-Hoo Republicans

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Kerry: McCain Approached Me About Being on Dem Ticket in 2004

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When Brigham Young Doesn't Want You, You're Washed Up

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Playing Chicken With Iran

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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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