Ryan Tracy

One New Jersey city has started to turn its Main Street around, but political operators from either side won't like how it happened.

Authorities in Haiti must overcome a plethora of logistical challenges to make sure this month's presidential vote is free and fair. But can they pull it off?

With redistricting looming, the Ohio congressman is from a state where the GOP won the governorship and the legislature. His case is only one example of how Democrats across the country could be forced into tough 2012 races.

Disney has had decades of solid experience in the logistics of how to make a product—whether it's a TV series or an animated film—how to ship related merchandise, how to price said merchandise, and how to market all of the above, anywhere in the world. The result is a series of successful projects conceived, built, and sold through Disney's various branches.

The attorney general will have a tough decision to make if California legalizes marijuana.

While floods inspire tent-pole news coverage, the American Southwest has been quietly struggling with the opposite problem: a near-crippling drought. For the first time, water in the Lake Mead Basin, which feeds much of the region, is in danger of falling into the "shortage" zone, according to recent federal estimates. And the National Weather Service is predicting the worst seasonal drought since the mid-1950s.

Cap-and-trade's political death leaves room for new proposals on Capitol Hill.

Companies and private donors are giving money at an unprecedented rate in a midterm election year. The cash is funneled into nonprofit organizations that don't have to disclose where donations originate as long as they retain 501(c) status (named for a part of the federal tax code) by keeping political activities to less than 50 percent of their expenses.

Social-Commerce sites try big-ticket items

NEWSWEEK takes an exclusive look inside one of America's largest and most unique photography collections and finds striking, counterintuitive, and never-before-seen images of the dark side of America's past.

It's no secret that Sen. John McCain has a love-hate relationship with the "maverick" moniker. But thanks to this week's issue of The New Yorker, we can add another emotion to the senator's complicated feelings about the label: jealousy.

NEWSWEEK tours the Etsy ecosystem to see how one Web site has organized a disparate network of craft shops into an opportunity-packed global market.

The GOP avoids a potentially embarrassing internal fight as the veteran congressman decides against a write-in candidacy in the Senate race, but his decision won't help Christine O'Donnell's flagging campaign against the Democratic candidate.

In New York on Thursday, the president ceded the podium to perhaps the best-liked Democrat in America, giving the first lady a chance to preview the message she'll be taking to the campaign trail.

Leaked quotes from Bob Woodward's new book undermine attempts to paint the president as inexperienced, but they also give the Democrats' opponents ammunition.

The revelation that Christine O'Donnell "dabbled in witchcraft" is more evidence that the Delaware Senate candidate sees moral issues in absolute terms.

Both the federal trade and communications commissions are studying how Uncle Sam can help the flagging news business. But while federal subsidies may be coming, state support for journalism is on the wane.

The plight of the 33 miners trapped in northern Chile for more than a month so far is harrowing enough. They must try to survive 90 percent humidity and avoid starvation. They also have to keep their sanity, which becomes harder as they confront another present danger: the darkness.

Early in the afternoon of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in lower Manhattan family members wearing white ribbons were outnumbered on the downtown streets.

In a welcome response to a Florida pastor's controversial stunt about burning Muslims' holy book, pundits and pols alike are condemning it, displaying remarkable unity in these fractious times.

How are we to interpret recent headlines regarding possible hate crimes against Muslims that have sprung up in recent weeks? Are we simply paying closer attention to these sorts of incidents, or are they happening with greater frequency thanks to the mosque controversy?

The hip-hop star has recorded a song declaring that Haiti's president—"Lucifer"—disqualified him from the presidential race. And he declares that he will fight back.

The Republican senator from Alaska trails a Tea Party–backed candidate who received Sarah Palin's endorsement. The final result may hinge on absentee ballots.

New data shows fewer American workers died on the job in 2009 than in any year since at least 1992. Good news, but not as good as it sounds.

A new study shows John McCain's social-media messages reach more people than those of any other senator, but his posts are bland, and other pols prove that quality, not quantity, is what really counts.

The hip-hop star has said he will challenge a ruling that he is not eligible to be Haiti's president—or run again five years from now.

When Wyclef Jean announced that he would run for president of Haiti, his candidacy had a whiff of inevitability, if not triumphalism. Many, perhaps even the hip-hop star himself, seemed to assume he would seize frontrunner status and then be elected by acclamation. Two weeks later, Jean's fledgling candidacy is less certain.

Both Republicans and Democrats have experience kicking around the 9/11 political football. The row over the so-called Ground Zero mosque is only the latest example.

The musician claims he is exempt from Haiti's Constitution, but experts say the argument won't fly.

Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of uninsured Americans. For public officials, however, it's often a quagmire—a program that drains as much as a quarter of total state spending, yet can't be streamlined without political bloodshed.