Politics

The Filibuster--It's Okay When Republicans Use It

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Iraq: Kidnappers Use Victims as Unwitting Bombers

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Obama: Debate About National Security? Bring It.

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Planespotting

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Good News! Federal Court Reinstates Roadless Rule

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Media Coverage of Voting Shenanigans Needs to Improve

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The Company They Keep

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Halliburton Tried to Shaft Its Own War Heroes

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The Other 98 Percent of Iraq

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Syria and the US: Fellow Travelers at the Crossroads for Terrorism

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Opposing Torture Hurts McCain in 2008? (That's Sick.)

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When Even Kerry Gets Religion It's Time to Start Praying

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Gore Speech on Global Warming: "An opportunity for bipartisanship and transcendence"

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Get Out the Ammo--the Katricians Are Coming

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New York Times Appoints a Futurist-in-Residence (A Sure Sign the Future is Now Pass&eacute)

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Military Coup in Thailand

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Women In Science and Engineering Stymied By Institutional Bias (Or, F*** Off, Larry Summers!)

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Control of the Senate Now A Toss Up...(Could Come Down to Macaca!)

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Innocent Man Rendered to Syria, Held and Tortured for One Year (Blame Canada?)

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Campaign 2006: The Issues, the Stakes, the Prospects

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Bush Admin Takes War on Drugs to YouTube

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One Big Fiesta for Immigrants and Homosexuals

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Iraq Reporting Should Come With a Warning

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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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