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There's Reason to Be Optimistic About Congress—Seriously

National Journal's annual ratings of House and Senate members show the body was more polarized than ever in 2012, but there are reasons not to despair in 2013. The opening session of the 113th…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 21, 2013
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2825 words)

Awakening

Linda Campbell was not quite 4 years old when her appendix burst, spilling its bacteria-rich contents throughout her abdomen. She was in severe pain, had a high fever, and wouldn’t stop…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1760 words)

The Writing Revolution

For years, nothing seemed capable of turning around New Dorp High School’s dismal performance—not firing bad teachers, not flashy education technology, not after-school programs. So,…
AUTHOR:Peg Tyre
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1616 words)

Inside the Mission to Catch Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

How the FBI, CIA, and Pakistani intelligence worked together -- or didn't -- in the global hunt for the mastermind behind September 11, 2001.A side street in Karachi / AP KARACHI, Pakistan, Autumn…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1444 words)

Everything Old

Idea for a Saturday Night Live sketch: A group of 80s post-punkers, famous for spiky guitar noise and grimacing intelligence, reunites to perform its most legendary album at a rock…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1316 words)

Making the Memorial

"It’s taken me years to be able to discuss the making of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, partly because I needed to move past it and partly because I had forgotten the process of getting it built. I would not discuss the controversy surrounding its construction and it wasn’t until I saw the documentary Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision that I was able to remember that time in my life. But I wrote the body of this essay just as the memorial was being completed—in the fall of 1982. Then I put it away…until now."
AUTHOR:Maya Lin
PUBLISHED: Nov. 2, 2000
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4994 words)
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