Paul Ryan's Plan to Tax You More

Unless you're really well off, that is.

— Kevin Drum

John Yoo's Email Fail

Government investigators can't find the Bush lawyer's emails. His explanation makes about as much sense as his legal rationale for torture.

— Nick Baumann

Was Waxman-Markey A Waste of Energy?

As the Senate ponders a new path to a climate bill, lawmakers who sweated over the House cap-and-trade legislation aren’t happy.

— Kate Sheppard

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Obama’s Nuclear Blind Spot
Is the administration ignoring the potential financial fallout of its plans for a nuclear expansion?

— Kate Sheppard

Inside NYC’s Squalid Adult Homes
NYC group homes getting rich off crappy conditions? A judge says no more.

Photos: Erica McDonald. Text: Jennifer Gonnerman.

Is Your Organic Compost Secretly Made From Sewage?

— Josh Harkinson

Rove Protects the Rear
In a new book, the ex-Bush aide contends W. didn't knowingly mislead the nation into the Iraq war. Here's the history he leaves out.

— David Corn

Investigations

Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason
Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration.

— Justine Sharrock

Fact-Checking the US Chamber of Commerce
America's most overblown business lobby, busted.

— Josh Harkinson

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Interviews

Inside Japan's Secret Dolphin Slaughter
A chat with the people behind the newly minted Oscar doc winner, The Cove.

— Kiera Butler

Yoko Ono, More Than Plastic
The proto-feminist progenitor of far-out sounds talks about forging new art forms, defying the mainstream, and changing the world.

— Titania Kumeh

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Photo Essays

Everything Must Go
Dark times and dead malls.

The Secret Love Letters of Afghan Women
Expressing forbidden love despite great risk.

Mexican Superheroes
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's an immigrant!

Last Suppers
What inmates ate before they were executed.

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