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A Republican who hates Ann Coulter too.

—Brad Friedman

Back-scratch Fever

The Diddly Awards: The ?heck of a job? badge for political euphemism

A Lonely Voice in Nebraska

—Sara Catania

Is This Young Man a Terrorist?

Where Lobbyists Shop For Gifts

—Samuel Loewenberg

A Muslim Woman's Fight to Pray

—Vince Beiser

Can the new Fed chair resist the lure of his own pet theories?

—James K. Galbraith

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The Twelve Days of Whoopsmas!

De la Vega: A way to think about 2006 with hope (of a sort)

—Elizabeth de la Vega

Pentagon has yet to craft a policy to bar human trafficking

—Diane E. Dees

Bush's Game of Fiscal "Chicken"

—Bernard Wasow

Protecting the Homeland by spying on it

How Latins View the US

—Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Notes allege "FEMA is not a response agency for disasters"

—Diane E. Dees

2005: Bad year for Goliath. How about David?

—Julian Brookes

2005: Bad Year for Goliath. How About David?

—Rebecca Solnit

Postwar: An Interview with Tony Judt

—Julian Brookes

From Freedom Fries to Funerals...

—Julian Brookes

VAWA passage is a victory for women's rights advocates

—Julian Brookes

The human faces of the Iraq war

—Julian Brookes

Chinese government continues to brutalize Falun Gong practitioners

—Diane E. Dees

The Anthrax Attacks and the Costs of 9/11

—Tom Engelhardt

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