The U.S. is the only country that sentences juveniles to life in prison without parole. Will the Supreme Court declare it unconstitutional?

A recent Northwest Airlines incident highlights how jets can more or less fly themselves. But does that really make passengers feel safer?

Advocates and opponents of gay rights both eagerly await new census data on same-sex couples.

Military families, organic gardening, and a failed Olympic bid do not alasting legacy make.

Why isn't the story of several missing women in North Carolina getting attention?

The NEWSWEEK reporter and filmmaker had been detained in Iran since the June elections.

A nine-block section of downtown Oakland, Calif., has become a modern marijuana mecca—and a model for what a legalized-drug America could look like. Why the stars are aligning for the pro-weed movement.

The son of a respected rabbi, Harvard grad, and former Princeton professor might seem like an unlikely advocate for legalizing marijuana. But when you meet Ethan Nadelmann, it all makes a lot of sense.

How Los Angeles became overrun with pot shops, and how it's all about to end.

President Obama is visiting New Orleans for only one day. His potential impact on the city's children, however, could last much longer.

Italy's Berlusconi channels Mussolini, clamps down on press.

The Montana town of Hardin wanted a private prison. Or Gitmo detainees. Anything, really, to resuscitate its economy.

Italy can no longer afford the antics of its playboy in chief.

President Nicolas Sarkozy thought he'd scored a coup by luring an opponent into his cabinet. Instead, he may have wrecked his entire political strategy.

Most climate researchers see the Arctic in color-coded satellite pictures. Fewer go to see it up close.