A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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As Iowans again jumpstarted America's election season last week, Iraqis remained eager to start their own democratic traditions.
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: From outsider to front-runner to outsider again, Howard Dean will look to recapture the momentum that made him such a big target in the early going.
COURTS: President Bush fought back against filibustering Democrats by granting Charles Pickering a recess appointment, but it will take solid Republican Senate gains in November to win the battle for the judiciary
RELIGION: As liberal leaders depart from biblical standards, conservative Episcopalians form "a church within the church"
Suppose for a moment that new statistics came out next week suggesting some profound link between the traditional Christian celebration of communion and the incidence of leukemia. Let's say a new ...
WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OF MESSING AROUND, YOU go to what works. Supercilious ivory-tower philosophies of the autonomy of man and disposability of God are the luxuries of easier times. If crack weren't ...
JOIN THE CLUB." THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT-ELECT Bush said in December 2000, when I told him I was journalist first, Bush supporter second, and would probably be criticizing some of his decisions early...
Required reading Congratulations on the 2003 special year-end issue of WORLD (Dec. 27/Jan. 3). The photos and text were synchronized in such a fashion that it made for a good read in the mi...
Culture
In America is a strange hybrid of a film. On the one hand, it asks its audience to take some preposterous mental leaps, to the point where the movie verges on fantasy, without ever explicitly cros...
Culture
MOST PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS REFUSE TO get drawn into the question of when life begins. That's a religious question, they say, and we can't really know for sure. That's why we should just leave i...
Culture
This is the fifth in an occasional series of e-mail interviews with writers, scholars, and others who help form the culture in which we live. WORLD hopes that readers, by listening to influential ...
Culture
Mel Gibson's The Passion is receiving so much attention that another movie about the life of Christ-one that may even prove more satisfying-risks being overlooked. The Gospel of John has an inspir...
Quotables
We'll have the John Kerry people in the living room, John Edwards in the dining room, and Dean on the sun porch. Iowa Caucus Co-chairman Karene Eades, in Adair, Iowa, where 51 voters last w...
The Buzz
Iraq Terrorists continued their assaults on U.S. soldiers and Iraqis last week. In separate incidents on Jan. 22: Mortar rounds killed two U.S. soldiers and critically wounded another outside a ta...
The Buzz
A-changin' race Let's not forget that Howard Dean was supposed to be the internet candidate. What did the official Dean blog (blogforamerica.com) have to say about Dr. Dean's stunning defea...
Quick Takes
Extended streak A trio of teenage streakers, who ran naked earlier this month through a Spokane, Wash., Denny's restaurant, found that their streak lasted a little longer than they had plan...