Politics

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House Republicans Aren't Giving Up On Immigration

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Guantanamo a "Shocking Affront to the Principles of Democracy"

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Kurd to Saddam: "Congratulations! You Are in a Cage."

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An Indictment of Our Long-Term Counterterror Strategy

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Texas Court to Reconsider DeLay Conspiracy Charge

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ABC Poll: Public Trusts Republicans More on Terror

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Bush's Great Awakening (And Great Smelling of Coffee)

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Torture Insurance: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

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The Mess in the Defense Budget

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Fun with Guns

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Are We Safer? (Are We Even Safe?) Does Congress Care?

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Ben Bernanke's Hippie Roots

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More US Troops Needed if Anbar Insurgency to be Defeated

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Anti-War Candidates and the Primaries

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Primary Races to Watch Today

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Study: Global Warming Gives Hurricanes Extra Wallop

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Cheney: Domestic Debate Encouraging Terrorists

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The Best War Ever: How We Got from 9/11 to Iraq (and Beyond?)

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9/11, Partisanship, and Politicization

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Michigan Senate Considering Bill to Screen Women Seeking Abortions

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Afghanistan and Iraq, Five Years After 9/11

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3 in 10 Republicans Want Giuliani in 2008

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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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