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Murder in the 8th Grade

A tale of bullying, sexual identity and the limits of tolerance

 
 
THE LAST WORD
Conservatism: Not TBTF
BETWEEN THE LINES
All Umbrage All the Time
THE WORLD FROM WASHINGTON
'Ich bin ein Commander'
CAPITOL LETTER
A Perception Problem
JUDGMENT CALL
Globalization's Achilles' Heel
LIVING POLITICS
Gaffe Alert!
 
 
Report From the Front
Howard Fineman interviews the presidential candidates
 
 
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GALLERY
An audio tour of some rare, odd and even vicious mementos from presidential campaigns past
 




IMMIGRATION

McCain's Hispanic outreach chief is both loved and loathed.

BARACK’S POINT GUARD

How a year in Iraq changed an Obama adviser

POLITICS

They used to be close. Kind of. Jesse and Barack's awkward past.

PROJECT GREEN

Forty years ago, an oil spill near Santa Barbara, Calif., spawned environmental activism. Not surprisingly, residents are none too happy with President Bush's offshore drilling plan.

CAMPAIGN 2008

Will a third-party candidate be a 'spoiler'?

LAW

To get a full accounting of how U.S. interrogation methods were used, the president should give those accused of 'war crimes' a pass.

So much has been made about Barack Obama's religion. But what does he believe, and how did he arrive at those beliefs?

APPRECIATION

Elizabeth Edwards on Tony Snow's life  and death

WORLD VIEW

It seems that, for Obama, faith is about enduring questions.

CAMPAIGN 2008

So much has been made about Barack Obama's religion. But what does he believe, and how did he arrive at those beliefs?

CAMPAIGN 2008

The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by only 3 points. What a difference a few weeks can make.

INTERNATIONAL

They jailed him for five years. Now they want him in the White House.

 
 
 
Blogging '08

The Ruckus: NEWSWEEK's guest bloggers weigh in on the fierce primary battle. In partnership with the Media Bloggers Association.

 
 
July 19, 1884
President Chester A. Arthur issues an order giving the federal government the power to quarantine immigrants as they enter the United States. The move was in response to a fear that people from Europe and Asia, where tuberculosis was epidemic, would create a similar crisis in the United States. Arthur called on port cities to "resist the power of the disease and to mitigate its severity." In essence, the president was authorizing citizens to report anyone suspected of carrying any contagious diseases. This was not the first or last quarantine issued by a president. In 1799 George Washington imposed the act under the threat of smallpox. In his first term, George W. Bush added Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which originated in China, to the list of diseases for which the government is allowed to quarantine.
 
 

He's endured the unendurable, and survived. Inside the mind and heart of John McCain.

On the road as the Illinois senator conducts a summer campaign swing.
 
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SPORTS

Speedo's new and controversial high-tech LZR suit is helping swimmers smash dozens of records. How the company plans to capitalize on Olympic gold.

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