Politics

Brit Hume, Hatchetman

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It Gets Readers, So Why Not: Senator Bill Clinton

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Jack Murtha

Person of the Day: Jack Murtha

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A Detainee's Story: NYT and MoJo

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Hillary Clinton's "I'm Sorry" Problem Gets Worse

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White House Backs Down on U.S. Attorney Nomination

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Miers Had Hand in U.S. Attorney Firings

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RSC Backs Off On Attack Against Pelosi's Blog, Because, Well, They Were Wrong

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Migration Group Says 1 Million Iraqi Refugees Will Flee This Year

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Southern Lawmakers Accuse Jews of Inventing Evolution, Big Bang, Heliocentrism

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More on McCain and Romney, the Amazing Pandering Duo

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Philip Perry--Making Sure Our Chemical Faciliities Have No Security

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John Murtha's "Slow Bleed" Plan to End the Iraq War Explained

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Hillary Pretzel

Person of the Day: Hillary Pretzel

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Tonight: A Documentary on Melvin Van Peebles

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Edwards Gets Headlines, While Romney Gets A Pass

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Court Upholds Alabama Sex Toy Ban

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Republicans Say Pelosi's New Blog Violates Copyright Laws

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Tennessee To Require Death Certificates For Aborted Fetuses

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Iraq Vets Trying Technology to Regrow Fingers

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Edwards, Obama Keep It Virtual

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Introducing "The Gavel"

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A Soldier's Take on Cutting the Funding

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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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