Politics

Twelve Current Senators Voted Against Gates in 1991. Have They Changed Their Minds?

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Did Robert Gates' Planning Help Bring Black Hawk Down?

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Pakistan Rape Victims Get Break ...

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... and Iranian Gays Get Death

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McCain Officially Forms Exploratory Committee for '08 Run

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Report Links Homelessness To Federal Spending Priorities

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South Africa: Gay is OK

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Jack Murtha: Ethics Bill "Total Crap"

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U.S. to Cuba: Surrender to Rich, Creamy Decadence!

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Welcome Back, Lotter: Trent Lott Elected to GOP's No. 2 Spot in Senate

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Fox News: Our Brand is Still Crisis

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No Middle East Experts In Iraq Study Group

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Foreign Push Pollers Stealing American Robots' Jobs!

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Silent Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter: WWF Says Global Warming Could Wipe Out Most Birds

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Mike Huckabee's Long Honeymoon

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Suddenly Very Important Abramoff Goes to Prison NOW

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Robo-Calls May Have Swung FL-13

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MoJo "Hero" Wins California Peace Prize

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Is Wal-Mart Rolling Back Organic?

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Al Jazeera English Debuts Tomorrow

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The Infuriating Judy Miller

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Senate Global Warming Deniers Target Kids' Book

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Jack Murtha's K Street Connections

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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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