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After 50 Years, the Voting Rights Act's Biggest Threat: The Supreme Court

One of the most popular and successful federal laws in America survived decades of partisan congresses and administrations. Next week, the justices may finally dismantle it. At 10 a.m. next…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7217 words)

'Imagine the Worst Possible Scenario': Why a Guantanamo Prosecutor Withdrew From the Case

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch truly believed Mohamedou Ould Slahi was guilty. He also believed that Slahi's interrogators had broken the law — tormenting him physically and sexually, and…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 11, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3701 words)

Britain's hidden homeless and the death of Michelle Conroy

‘Lost girl’: Michelle Conroy, who made a family of sorts among the homeless of Exeter. This 2010 picture is from her Facebook page. They called her "the orange squash girl". At 21, Michelle Conroy…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3795 words)

The High Price of Being Single in America

Over a lifetime, unmarried women can pay as much as a million dollars more than their married counterparts for healthcare, taxes, and more. In 2007's 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,' Kevin…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 14, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3516 words)

We don't want our burqas back: women in Afghanistan on the Taliban's return

“How many women really make their voices heard? I can count them on my fingers”: Fawzia Koofi, MP for Badakhshan, who plans to stand as a presidential candidate in 2014. Photograph: Farzana Wahidy…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 13, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3619 words)

A life in exile: how it feels to be a refugee

Lanier Lovely, 18 Displaced by the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, pictured with her son Lovinsky, in Port-au-Prince 'I don’t feel safe in the camp.' Photograph: Andrew McConnell/IRC/Panos I was in the…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 14, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2929 words)

In Southern Towns, 'Segregation Academies' Are Still Going Strong

In the 1960s and '70s, towns across the South created inexpensive private schools to keep white students from having to mix with black. Many remain open, the communities around them as divided as…
AUTHOR:Sarah Carr
PUBLISHED: Dec. 13, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3103 words)

The Marriage Plot: Inside This Year's Epic Campaign for Gay Equality

How activists rewrote the political playbook, reversed decades of defeat, and finally won over voters. Jane Abbott Lighty and Pete-e Petersen embrace after receiving the first same-sex marriage…
AUTHOR:Molly Ball
PUBLISHED: Dec. 11, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2162 words)

The Case for More Guns (And More Gun Control)

The Century 16 Cineplex in Aurora, Colorado, stands desolate behind a temporary green fence, which was raised to protect the theater from prying eyes and mischief-makers. The parking lots that…
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6994 words)
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