Politics

A Portrait of the Crusader as a Young Man: Ralph Nader Talks About His Childhood and His Possible 2008 Campaign

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talks About His Quest to Make "<i>Roots</i> for the 21st Century"

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Castro and Chavez Yuck It Up Over Ethanol

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Conference of Pro-Israel Group Brings Applause for Attack-Iran Backers

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New Mexico Will Require HPV Vaccine

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Newspapers Cutting Along the Color Line

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Chuck Schumer to Bush on Prosecutor Purge: Explain Yourself

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The Continent Itself is Obese on Worldmapper

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Bob Novak and the Horse's Mouth

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Attack of the Career-Killing Girlfriend

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New Ad Plans to Scare You Into Voting for McCain

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New Poll is Very Good News for Hagel

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The Romney Strategy: Buy Off Opponents

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How to Swiftboat Rudy Giuliani

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So That's Why Don't Ask, Don't Tell Still Exists

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Rudy Giuliani

Person of the Day: Rudy Giuliani

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Price for Iraq War Just Went Up, Again

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University of Nebraska Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands

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Immigrant Life and the Streets of New York

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The Religious Times, They Are A-Changin'

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Coulter's Remark a PR Ploy?

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Iraq's Refugee Crisis, Nobody Spared

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Republican Senator Jon Kyl to Block U.S. Attorney Legislation

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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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