Politics

RNC Plays Up Prejudice in Ads Against Harold Ford Jr.

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Tales of a Push Pollster

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Cheney Calls Waterboarding a "No-Brainer"

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Governor Blanco Stands Up To Feds--Round 1 Goes To Louisiana

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Freedom From the Press

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The Man Behind Catch a Fire

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Republican Counterattack

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U.S. Seeks To Restrict Attorney-Client Communication At Guantanamo Bay

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George Washington Refuses to Divest, Grants Scholarship Instead

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Kean, Menendez, and the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

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It's 11 a.m. Do You Know Where Your Dinner Is?

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Fatter Americans, Hotter World

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Pombo Supporters Digging For Deeper Pockets

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Medical Groups Recommend the Transfer of Fewer Embryos in Fertility Treatments

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More Sex-Obsessed Republicans

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The Nixon Factor

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Jeff Skilling and Enron's Glory Days, Captured in Email

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Bush Uses "the Google"

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President Bush Visits Mother Jones Radio Studio

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Civic Organization Hacks Into Chicago Voter Database

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Sic Semper Tyrannis: What Does it Mean to be a Virginian? (Allen, Webb, and Robert E. Lee)

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie revisits the war that shaped her country.

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No Piracy Here, Scouts Honor!

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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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