A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Real graceland
With America in campaign mode, education has leaped to the top of the political agenda.
Precious kids
Karen Andrews started volunteering at The Neighborhood School in January 1994, four months after the school opened. She read to children...
Lobbing cream puffs
The Bush campaign makes cosmetic changes, but a prominent Republican wonders if it's enough
A tough season
With major league baseball's pennant races coming to a climax, an outfielder with the last-place Texas Rangers reflects on perseverance when everything goes wrong
Guatemala's big test
A scandal reminiscent of Watergate could be the acid test of a young democracy
Notebook
Culture
Culture
The gangsta next door
It was the Academy Awards show for the hip-hop nation. The Source Music Awards in Pasadena, Calif., sponsored by the rap-fan magazine, would honor a musical genre that has almost displaced rock 'n...
Culture
Bestsellers
Scoring system:Scoring system: 10 points for first place, 9 for second, down to 1 for 10th, on the lists of the American Booksellers Association (...
Culture
The Movies
1 The Watcher $9.1 million 1 week in release $9.1 million to date ...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
Do you regret misleading the American people? Would you now apologize for branding people as part of a 'vast right-wing conspiracy'? NBC News' Tim Russert, to New York Senate candidate Hill...
The Buzz
The Buzz
What Bob Knight had trouble learning Tragic character A concept neglected in the anything-goes 1960s and 1970s, "character," has been making a comeback in recent years. This week, that comme...
The Buzz
Ups and Downs of the Week
KIDS HOME ALONE: Twenty percent of children ages 6 to 12 are regularly left alone after school ends and before their parents return home from work, according to an Urban Institute survey of parent...
The Buzz
No Comment Zone
A Jacksonville, Fla., public library stopped giving young readers mock certificates from fictional character Harry Potter's wizardry school after objections that the practice exposed children to w...