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Forget Rachel, Bill, Anderson, and Sean. The broadcaster who will most determine the 2012 elections is Jorge Ramos.
How an angler and two government bureaucrats may have saved the Atlantic Ocean.
Fears of a bomb in Tehran’s hands are overhyped, and a war to prevent it would be a disaster.
How the Peace Corps believes its own PR, looks past its mistakes, and shafts volunteers in the process.
How a thirty-year-old policy of deregulation is slowly killing America’s airline system—and taking down Cincinnati, Memphis, and St. Louis with it.
(Also check out the main article, The Incomplete Greatness of Barack Obama, and the issue's Editor's Note.) 1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to...
He’s gotten more done in three years than any president in decades. Too bad the American public still thinks he hasn’t accomplished anything.
How the United States looked the other way while Bahrain crushed the Arab Spring’s most ill-fated uprising.
Politicians say we have the most productive workers in the world. They don't know what they're talking about.
As president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe triumphed over a fierce narco-insurgency. Then the U.S. helped to export his strategy to Mexico and throughout Latin America. Here’s why it’s not working.
The good news is, no more gridlock...
Why Washington feeding frenzies aren't what they used to be.
Even as the movement’s grip tightens on the GOP, its influence is melting away across vast swaths of America, thanks to centuries-old regional traditions that few of us understand.
A job creation idea so obviously good even Washington couldn't possibly say no... could it?
Foster parents like us willingly pay a heavy price. The GOP wants us to pay more.
The politics of debt have gotten so insane that both parties are on the verge of gutting Medicare. The moment might be right to actually fix it.
Want to get college costs in line? Start by cutting the overgrown management ranks.
By offering adults an education that is faster, cheaper, and better than the likes of Kaplan, Phoenix, or Capella, the nonprofit Western Governors University just might eat their lunch.
Millions of Americans are denied the chance to take college-level courses by a downscale version of the SAT.
Everything you’ve heard about getting in is about to go out the window.
A few months ago, the Obama administration completed a remarkably successful run of sticking it to large corporations that make a profit in higher education. First, as part of the...
Beneath the surface of American government lurks a system of social programs for the wealthy that is consuming the federal budget. It’s time for progressives to do battle with tax expenditures.
A tech-savvy Marine who made too much noise, helped save the lives of countless troops in Iraq, and paid with his career.
How the civic groups that once defined America are thriving abroad, and what it means for us.
The bad news: Republicans have torpedoed plans for American bullet trains. The good news: The Obama administration is quietly building a slower, but potentially much better, rail system.
Many of America’s most powerful women went to a college you’ve never heard of.
Buried in Obamacare is a secret weapon to contain Medicare costs. Meet the group of House Democrats who want to destroy it.
Why natural gas could be the fuel of the future, and how the industry could blow it all up.
Taking power away from labor won't rescue states from their fiscal woes--but giving power to voters might.
Why organized labor should join with entrepreneurs to bust the corporate monopolies threatening them both.
Meet Edward Tufte, the graphics guru to the power elite who is revolutionizing how we see data.
If Americans really hate government, why do they love watching TV shows about it?
Washington's budget hawks want to decimate the federal workforce to shrink the deficit. It will have the opposite effect.
Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed?
There aren't nearly enough counterterrorism experts to instruct all of America's police. So we got these guys instead.
Last year there wasn’t a single fatal airline accident in the developed world. So why is the U.S. health care system still accidently killing hundreds of thousands? The answer is a lack of transparency.
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