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Dana Liebelson

CHART: 40 years later, Roe v. Wade is still under siege

Dana Liebelson

CHART: 40 years later, Roe v. Wade is still under siege

Edward Morrissey

Can the 113th Congress get anything done?

Matt K. Lewis

In four years, we'll be inaugurating President Marco Rubio

Paul Brandus

Why the GOP should embrace Obama

The company Coursera has teamed up with 16 universities (including Stanford, Duke, and Princeton) to offer more than 100 free online courses to anyone with internet access.

Virtual Princeton: A guide to free online Ivy League classes

August 31, 2012, at 10:10 AM

Elite universities are throwing open their classrooms' doors to anyone with an internet connection — for free

As the president delivers a speech Aug. 9 at the Palace of Agriculture on the Colorado State Fairgrounds, a member of the audience holds up a sign which reads, "Estamos Unidos Latinos for Obama."

Can Obama hold on to the Latino vote?

August 17, 2012, at 11:06 AM

In 2008, Hispanic voters helped make Barack Obama president. Will they now save his re-election campaign?

The Chinese media is demonizing Gu Kailia as a grasping, power-hungry woman who had a British businessman murdered out of greed.

The murder case roiling China

August 10, 2012, at 11:44 AM

Bo Xilai was a rising political star until his wife, Gu Kailai, was charged with murder. Here, a guide to the complex, controversial case

A depiction of the attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, 1814: After two years of fighting, the near-bankrupt U.S. government and the British government signed a peace treaty on Christmas Eve 1814.

America's invasion of Canada: A brief history

August 3, 2012, at 9:45 AM

Two centuries ago, the U.S. declared war on Britain, and invaded its closest colony. Why did we fight the War of 1812, and who really won?

Italian cardinals are subversively trying to gain more control in choosing Pope Benedict XVI's successor, according to a series of embarrassing leaks.

The Catholic Church's Vatileaks scandal: A guide

July 27, 2012, at 10:50 AM

A series of embarrassing leaks has exposed conspiracies, corruption, backstabbing, and bitter rivalries within the Catholic Church's hierarchy

Many Londoners are regretful of the upcoming Olympic games, especially due to the "Olympic levy" tax they will be forced to pay to cover the billions of dollars being spent on the games.

London's Olympic regrets

July 20, 2012, at 11:17 AM

With the 2012 Summer Games soon to begin, Londoners aren't sure hosting them was such a brilliant idea

Thanks to ObamaCare, starting in 2014, uninsured people who don't qualify for Medicaid will have to get insurance or pay a tax penalty.

The road ahead for ObamaCare: A guide

July 13, 2012, at 10:40 AM

Now that President Obama's health-care law has survived review by the U.S. Supreme Court, what will it actually do?

If lawmakers don't act by Jan. 1, 2013, four out of five U.S. households will reportedly have to pay an average of $3,701 more in taxes next year.

Countdown to Taxmageddon

July 4, 2012, at 1:15 PM

The U.S. could plunge off a "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1, 2013 — unless a deadlocked Congress acts. Can lawmakers avert the coming crisis?

Guests staying in a pod of Russia's planned space hotel would eat dehydrated food — while orbiting at an average speed of 18,600 mph.

The space race for tourists

June 22, 2012, at 11:25 AM

After years of delays, the long-awaited dream of commercial flights to space may soon become reality

Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest for almost two decades, but is now a globe-trotting member of parliament.

Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar's Nelson Mandela

June 15, 2012, at 9:30 AM

After decades of house arrest, Myanmar's top dissident now travels the world and sits in parliament. Is her battle won?

By 2020, the FAA expects 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicles — some as small as birds — to be peering down on U.S. soil.

The drone over your backyard: A guide

June 8, 2012, at 9:15 AM

U.S. skies are being opened to police and private drones. Will it be the end of privacy?

Since the ancient world, marriage has evolved from a preservation of power to a personal contract between two equals seeking love, stability, and happiness.

How marriage has changed over centuries

June 1, 2012, at 12:12 PM

Critics of gay marriage see it as an affront to sacred, time-tested traditions. How has marriage been defined in the past?

Once thought to be harmless, anonymous online provocateurs have become a scourge to virtual communities in recent years.

The trolls of the internet: A guide

May 25, 2012, at 10:37 AM

The sheer nastiness of some nameless commenters is poisoning discourse on the Web. Does it have to be this way?

Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) is facing off in a June 5 recall vote with Tom Barrett, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee.

Scott Walker's battle for Wisconsin

May 18, 2012, at 10:35 AM

The union-busting Republican governor faces a recall vote next month that will resonate throughout the nation. What's at stake?

In this 1998 photo, doctors perform electroshock therapy on a patient to treat depression: This procedure is now used to treat roughly 100,000 patients a year.

The rise of electroshock therapy: A guide

May 11, 2012, at 12:20 PM

One of psychiatry's most maligned treatments is experiencing a revival. Does electroshock therapy really work?

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