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Dreams of His Mother
If you want to understand what shaped our president, don’t look to his father’s disappearance. It was his unconventional mother who made him. -
The Trump Backlash
The Donald’s free ride is over. As the 2012 race begins, time for more reality, less reality TV.
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'Fat Redneck' for President
Iowa likes Haley Barbour, who’s set to announce his 2012 plans. In the huge GOP field, don’t bet against him. -
The Politics of Wishful Thinking
In the Great Budget Debate, Democrats and Republicans are closer than you might think. Neither is proposing a balanced budget any time soon; both peddle soothing myths to convince supporters that they’re upholding either “liberal” or “conservative” values. -
America Faces the Fiscal Facts
America finally comes to its senses and faces the fiscal facts. -
Arnold Schwarzenegger Cavorts, and Confesses
The former governor rails and confesses his way through Europe as he cavorts with world leaders. -
Killers on the Road: The FBI's Highway Map
A pattern of serial-murder graveyards along the nation's highways tracked by the FBI -
From Wimp to Winner
Obama outmaneuvers his opponents—and his allies—every time. -
The Oil Spill’s Surprise Endings
One year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster sent 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the region is still struggling. Who’s recovering, and who’s stuck in the muck? -
A Serial Killer Terrorizes Long Island
Amber Lynn Costello had been in the sex trade since she was 17. Last September she booked a date for $1,500 and headed out into the night. She never came back. The inside story of a serial-killer victim’s final hours. -
Sidney Harman on Cancer, NEWSWEEK, His Legacy
NEWSWEEK’s executive chairman received a dire diagnosis. In his own words, here’s how he faced it. -
Interview: Deval Patrick
The Massachusetts governor talks about political bullies and his role in the upcoming Obama campaign. -
Government Is Broken. These Guys Can Fix It.
View our list of 20 small, common-sense ideas that can get America moving forward. -
The Story of One Man's Immigration Ordeal
The U.S. needs this man. But it won’t let him in. The Orwellian tale of an immigration ordeal. -
Dear Congress: Government is Broken.
The government-shutdown drama displays Washington's big-picture paralysis. Our team of 20 leaders and experts suggests small, common-sense ideas that can get America moving forward right now. -
The Road to Recovery
Signs of hope in a crazy world. -
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Race, New PBS Series
With the circus of the 'beer summit' behind him, the high-wattage professor turns his eyes to the black experience in Latin America. -
War on the Weak
How the GOP came to view the poor as parasites—and the rich as our rightful rulers. -
John McCain: Back on the Battlefield
How the Libya debate snapped John McCain out of his 2008 funk—and into a fresh fight with Obama. -
NewsBeast: Week of April 11, 2011
JPMorgan Chase disclosed last week that it had given Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, $20.8 million in compensation for 2010. -
What's Really Going On With Gabby Giffords?
The untold story of the congresswoman's struggle, her husband's faith, and their long, hard road to recovery. -
Arne Duncan, Obama's Lesson Planner
Cabinet star Arne Duncan’s mission to fix America’s schools has a shot at success. -
The Prince’s Squeeze
All hail Kate Middleton, the woman who can rebrand the British monarchy. -
Interview: Steven Chu
The energy secretary and Nobel Prize-winning physicist talks nuclear power after Japan, and being a nerd. -
The Military's Secret Shame
When men in the military rape other men in the ranks, no one wants to talk about it. Why the sexual assault of males in the service is finally being confronted. -
A Look Back at Geraldine Ferraro's Life
Geraldine Ferraro, first woman vice presidential candidate for a major political party, dies at 75. A look back at her life from the NEWSWEEK archives: -
A Wimp He Wasn’t
A daring showdown with gun-toting rebels. The truth behind the Berlin Wall’s fall—and other secrets of George H.W. Bush. As the honors pile up, a new, truer view of him is emerging. -
Take the Quiz: What We Don't Know
The following is a look at some of the questions on the American citizenship test and the percentage of people who got them right and wrong. -
The Big Dither
Obama was right to back a no-fly zone over Libya. But he should have done it weeks ago. -
What’s Killing NPR
Steve Inskeep, a veteran National Public Radio correspondent, is calling from Cairo, having just visited a 23-year-old man with welts on his back who says the Egyptian Army tortured him. “That, to me, is a real story,” he says.