Politics

How Bush's Abuse of Power Affects You

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"If We Don't Get a Hold of Ourselves, We Will Wear Out Elizabeth Edwards Long Before Her Cancer Does."

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Gonzales Gets Set to Throw His Entire Staff Under a Bus

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Banning Gay Adoption Would Cost Foster Care System $130 Million

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Cpl. Pat Tillman

Person of the Day: Cpl. Pat Tillman

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Applies to More in Iraq Than Gay Soldiers

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Grab Your Rifle: It's Open Season on Grizzlies in Yellowstone

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My Answer to Automakers: Get Outta Dodge

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Moving Mountains Just Got Harder

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Texas Tots for Sale

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Sorry Pakistanis- This is How We Do It

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Birth Control Costs On Campus Double Thanks to Medicaid

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Prosecutor Purge, Sort Of Like Anna Nicole Smith...

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Why the NYPD's Abuses Matter to You and Us

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Police Surveillance is the Quickest Way to Take the Fun Out of Puppet Making

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"...You Have To Trust Us, It's Not About Transgenderism"

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Good News for Ravers: Ecstasy Isn't So Bad

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Yet Another Reason for Universal Health Insurance

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Optimistic Report on the Surge All Talk

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"Hillary 1984" is like Bob Corker's Ad against Harold Ford, Jr.

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Iraqi Refugees Now Top Asylum Seekers In The World

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Iraq's Deputy PM Injured in Attack

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Grenade in Green Zone Just Misses al-Maliki and U.N. Secretary General

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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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