Politics

Court Rules Against Whistle-Blowers

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A Competent Bush Nominee?

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Oil and Poverty Alleviation Don't Mix

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Proliferation Wars in the Intelligence Community

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Court of Appeals upholds unconstitutionality of Patriot Act's National Security Letter provision

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Explaining Inaction on Global Warming

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Why Not Metric?

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Illegal Immigrants, Our Low-Income Taxpayers

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Straight Talk Distress: To Some Mainstream Pundits, Sen. John McCain Can Do Nothing at All and Yet Do Everything Right

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Don't Forget "Kenny Boy"

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Press Corps Salivates Over Hillary's Marriage

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Raiding Jefferson's Office

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Baghdad described as lacking fundamental services and utilities

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Democracy Rhetoric Meets Caribbean Reality

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Punishing Patients

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The New Lamp Lifters!

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The Arrogance of American Power

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Lobbyist Donations As High As Ever

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Importing Nurses

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Who Are "We"?

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Zogby poll shows interest in new Septmber 11 investigation

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William Jefferson and Corruption

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Hope is Still the Plan

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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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