Nina Burleigh

At the U.N., one woman describes her sale to the Islamist insurgents and the plight of her Yazidi people.

Melanne Verveer discusses her new book and shares her views of the candidate.

"Newsweek" speaks with Women for Afghan Women's executive director, Manizha Naderi.

Colorado is home to gun-huggers and pot smokers, pro-lifers and atheists—but running for the middle ground.

The legendary Pink Floyd frontman on war, family and the fate of rock.

Even the Mormon Church is profiting from land leases as low as $2 an acre, the Rainforest Action Network says.

You know him as a grumpy socialist, but Vermonters know Bernie Sanders is also a pol who brings home the pork.

In "Peace Officer," local SWAT teams present their own terrifying dangers.

"Authenticity" is a problem far more likely to afflict women in the public eye.

The billionaire's promise is a big win for RNC Chair Reince Priebus.

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig says if he can crowd-fund a million dollars, he'll seek the Democratic nomination.

Many of the biggest challenges in the modern world involve science, so doesn't it make sense to hear what the presidential candidates think…and know?

Young voters, more likely to be in deep college debt, are an important part of the Democratic coalition.

The discussion of rape, bankruptcy and sexism wasn't pretty.

At parties across the U.S., his supporters rally and hear from the man.

Holmes's legal team made the argument that he is insane and thus cannot be held guilty for his actions.

A little-known band of scientists are scanning the sky for killer asteroids and drawing up plans to save the world.

Republican politicians now often echo conspiracy theories once relegated to troglodyte pamphlets.

ISIS, Obama and moderates draw fire at a meeting of Southern Republicans.

The Florida Republican now says he would not have supported the Iraq War if he knew the intelligence was bad.

What kind of secretary of state was Hillary Clinton? Smart and tough, and often thwarted.

The boycott of the PEN American Foundation for honoring Charlie Hebdo is misplaced.

The Clinton women speak in New York and stick to a favored cause: women's rights.

The 'Into the Wild' author offers an important, graphic look at how campuses mishandle rape, but never gets to why.

The U.S. senator from Vermont thinks his bid is more than quixotic.

Midwest governors are proudly becoming union busters, and one of them thinks that stance will get him into the White House.

A new book examines what shaped the men who launched the Boston Marathon attack.

Labor leaders join her at a Washington forum as she laments "ideological bunkers."

Victims' advocates are appalled that the "Today" show is celebrating the 25th anniversary of "that stupid movie."

Four years after she was cleared of murder charges, Amanda Knox faces extradition and another pummeling from Italy's legal system.